Connections and coincidences

Me & my children, about the time I first met Anne.

A couple of years ago I discovered that a woman I’d been good friends with over forty years ago, was now living in the same city as me. I messaged Anne, and we met up, just the once, for she moved away soon after. Five years later I received a message to say my friend was back living in Auckland and suggested we meet, with partners this time. Kerry and I invited them for lunch, and a few weeks later we lunched at their place. As we were leaving Anne said to me, ‘We should meet for a coffee, ‘just the two of us, as we have so much to catch up on.’ Little did we know just how much.

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It’s been a while

I am sure that most of you find that some situations get in the way of a commitment you made to continue working on a project come what may? Well, that’s me folks! Yes, I have been procrastinating about getting stuck in to my art work, and I apologise to those who may have been waiting to see progress on my Memoir in Pictures (a working title). I’m only a few pages along from when I last wrote about the book, although I have made some inroads as to how I wish to present my pages, and to execute the finished product – as in taking it from scruffy pencil sketches to the finished product.

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