End of the beginning

2023 New Years Eve. As I sit on Bell’s Beach in Australia listening to the waves crash, surfers waiting to catch their next wave and the occasional passing beach wander, I reflect on this year. It was an unexpected destination today. Some of this year was like that too. The deep background roar behind the […]

September 4th

On this day, a long time ago, long before I was born, a baby boy was born. He would be the big brother, protector and strong tower. Not so much because of his height, but more because of his heart for people. He was a dad and a granddad to a granddaughter he would never […]

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Repost…with just over 4 months before I’m back at this date again…3 years later after writing this, and after 3 of the toughest years to get back to a new kind of “normal”. I smile thinking of you. How will this years date be navigated? Watch this space… Each year today comes around. It’s not […]

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It’s that time of the year again where anniversary days are closer together. Happy 59th Michael. That deserves some cake time for sure! I remember trying to take the goofy photo of you sanding back this window for mum in your mask, and how long it took for me to get one with the mask […]

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Miss your face brother of mine, but I know you are waiting. Don’t eat all the cake before I get there.

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This year’s milestone is one that I would never have asked for. Actually each year, month, week, day, hour, minute, breath….you get the idea. As I start to write this in July for later this year I am concious that this has been in the back of my thoughts more than any other year since […]