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Time keeps creepin’ through the neighborhood

When my mother passed away in 1975 I had not seen my father for a while. They were separated and visiting arrangements were a little problematic. When it was suggested I’d go live with my mother’s sister, my aunt Ineke, … Continue reading

09. December 2005 by Caroline
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Mrs Lynch’s Christmas pudding’s always the same

She makes her Christmas pudding in plastic containers, not like her mother, god rest her soul, who’d wrap the thing in cloth and let it hang and rock from her Singer sewing table. Is the recipe secret? ‘No, I’ve got … Continue reading

19. December 2004 by Caroline
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