Family Affairs

BIRTHDAYS AND DIVORCE

It's my birthday tomorrow (YAY) and this is the most grown-up I've ever been about my birthday in that I haven't gone into a huge decline about how a lack of partner = rubbish presents. I have bought myself two presents on the basis that I am not expecting presents from anybody else - this divorce thing is a real bummer when it comes to gifts. Almost worse than any other aspect- it's very depressing not having anybody to drop major hints at for a whole year who then buys you something entirely different that you don't want and you can't quite believe that they can have got it SO WRONG. I have learnt over the last few years that it is quite satisfactory to cut out the middle man and buy yourself something you really want. It leaves no room for disappointment.

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HELP REQUIRED

When I was in Lusaka I met the father of a blog friend of mine who runs a hospice for Aids victims – they are heavily involved in helping out the local people in any way they can and at the dinner I met a journalist who works for the BBC in Zambia, in charge [...]

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60 YEARS LATER…

What a day…. Emotional and exhausting and a touch scary in parts. We visited my Grandfather’s grave and laid some flowers (not at all easy to find) and the remains of my Grandmother’s ashes on his grave. What a peaceful and well kept place it turned out to be. Run by a deaf mute who [...]

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THE LUSAKA CLUB

We are now in Lusaka, Zambia. We arrived quite late last night after taking two flights and went straight out to “The Lusaka Club” for pepper steak. How much more BRILLIANT can my blog friends have been guiding us to the perfect venues. THANKS to Janelle and Tanvir for their recommendation [...]

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