Long, long ago when I was just a wee lass, medical centres didn’t exist. Every family had a local doctor who they stuck with through every stage of their lives. The doctor ran his clinic out of ‘rooms’ that were more often than not, within his own home, and answering the phone and making the […]
Archives for August 2012
Mince on Toast and Valiants, Lollies, Paintings and Mince
August 5, 2012 By 37 Comments
I’ve had a couple of trips across the Tasman and the first was when I was two years old when we moved to Sydney. I don’t remember that trip at all and I only have a few memories of the two years we spent in Sydney before returning to New Zealand for another decade. I […]
Angel’s Hair Pasta and A Brief Career
August 2, 2012 By 67 Comments
Many years ago before I bred the teenagers I had a job in the city working for a solicitor. Being childless I had a lot more time to myself and I filled this by hosting dinner parties where I tried out all the recipes I had seen in the latest Vogue Entertaining magazine. Every Monday […]
Jerk Pork Cutlets and Has Anyone Seen Archie?
August 1, 2012 By 33 Comments
We had a sighting, a brief sighting, a few days ago. He was his usual self, if you exclude looking hassled and rushed and stressed and frantic. Archie is doing too much. He’s doing eight subjects at uni all at once. He has a job as a waiter on Sunday mornings. He has a new […]
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