Originally posted on Following the Crow Song:
Firelight Singer – By June Perkins By the firelight we singalong. We’ve asked eldest to bring out his guitar and he’s become our karoke machine. He knows so many songs. But he doesn’t sing aloud with us yet. Hubby sings the loudest, to the beat of his own…
Chat with GrandDad Gerard
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Here is my son’s Chat with Grandad (my Dad) Can you tell me what countries my relatives are from? My parents, and my father’s parents, were all born in England. My father’s paternal grandfather (Jean Gerard) was born in France, and had “mixed” (African?) decent. My mother’s…
From the sanctuary of the margins
There are many memorable stories in the real that beg for another life, that of fictionalised and immortalised. My memory is initially drawing them as if I am an eager girl artist with chalk on a pavement. Yet these stories ask for more than a moment and long not to be washed away like chalkContinue reading “From the sanctuary of the margins”
Yarning with Bubu
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This is my youngest son’s interview with his Bubu (grandparent) ? Hello Bubu. I am doing a project about my family history. Can you help? What do you want to know about your project? I am studying my family tree for school And we have your father and…
Frangipani Dreaming
Dear Daughter is teaching me how to use parts of the photoshop program that I don’t know very well. There are lots of online videos, and classes you can go to, but I love that my daughter can teach me. She’s learning it at school, but experiments a lot in the programs too and hasContinue reading “Frangipani Dreaming”
June Paisa Perkins 