Over the last year I seem to have written a larger than usual number of blog posts about people I know who have died.

In the 1980s, when our parents died all within the decade, Val and I were suddenly aware of being the older generation.

Now, however it is the in-between generation who are disappearing. People who were older than us, but younger ( Read more... )

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Last week we went down to Durban to get a new car. Long before we got the insurance payout for our stolen Toyota Venture, Val and Jethro were looking at all the used car websites for a possible replacement. There were three possibilities: another Venture, a double-cab bakkie, or a station wagon. But Ventures are no longer manufactured, having been ( Read more... )