[Part 5, Chapter 35] It was a cruddy job, but the end goal was worth it. My brother-in-law was ‘required’ to belly crawl under a shearing shed, rake out the sheep poop, bag it, and take it back for the soon-to-be-in-law’s vegetable garden. My father-in-law is a generous man. Even so, he didn’t give his […]
[Part 5, Chapter 34] “I never got a magnum ice-cream at that age! Grandkids are more spoiled than the youngest child! Haha.” Thus wrote our daughter upon receiving a photo of her children sitting outside the museum, two of them attacking chocolate cornettos, one salivating over her magnum. I’m Gramps. Not only am I allowed […]
[Part 5, Chapter 33] The numbing injection had run out. Well, to be honest, it never kicked in at all. “Put your hand in the air,” the dentist said. “If you feel any pain whatsoever, put your hand up straight away.” He didn’t. My friend was having two wisdom teeth removed, in the dentist chair! […]
[Part 5, Chapter 32] “Holiday makers stranded due to volcanic ash” screams the headline. Collectively, we all sigh enviously, “Poor dears!” Bizarrely though, it’s not as we may assume. When you’re on holiday, on a tropical island, away from the cares of the world, all you want is to stay longer. However, when you’re compelled […]
[Part 5, Chapter 31] Mr Cloth was coming for Gabe’s face. He was sitting in the bath, and on his face were the many remnants of a wonderful day out with us grandparents, and an assortment of aunties and uncles. He really didn’t want that cloth. As it came near, he grimaced. My solution was […]
[Part 5, Chapter 30] When in Uganda in 2005, I visited a number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps where thousands of people were living in fear of Joseph Kony and his army. Those I met in the camps were grateful for even the smallest things. One man had a crude plastic tarpaulin over his […]
[Part 5, Chapter 29] For forty-five years, I didn’t need glasses. Then for five years I needed glasses but didn’t get them. They were the fuzzy years. Now I really need them. Not prescription lenses, but chemist magnifiers. Imagine my shock to put them on and see the ear and nasal hair that had been […]