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Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
It has occurred to me that my step-father is now little more then a thirty-year old memory, and that those things I can recall are vague. I remember that he dropped me off at my first day of school, t… more →
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Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 3 weeks ago: How my father fell completely out of society remains much of a mystery to this day. After his depart … more →
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Che Tibby wrote 4 weeks ago: It has occurred to me that my step-father is now little more then a thirty-year old memory, and that … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 1 month ago: Well my boy, I’ve been writing this history, your history, since before I knew you. Actually, … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 2 months ago: Having only approached my Father’s family in my early twenties, I have found myself lightly eq … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 2 months ago: Back when I thought I might try to string this story together, an effort to understand a history and … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 2 months ago: I think if you had the impression that this story was mine and mine alone, you would be mistaken. Wh … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 3 months ago: It was in Balmain that my uncle and mother met again. He must must have been preparing to go to Indi … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 3 months ago: The Grafton I first encountered in the early 90s was hardly the most savoury place in Central Auckla … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 3 months ago: My paternal grandfather was, contrary to his current self, an authoritarian in his younger days. Lik … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 4 months ago: For reasons unknown to me for many years I had always considered my grandmother, and my mother in tu … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 5 months ago: In the photo I can’t be more than a few weeks old. I have the pinched, compressed face of a ne … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 5 months ago: I’m sitting at a table in Papamoa, which was then some way distant from the Mount and a hamlet … more →
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Che Tibby wrote 5 months ago: There is a flower called, I believe, the Black-Eyed Susan. It is a vine, and the flowers themselves … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 5 months ago: My uncles were for most part conspicuous by their absence across the better part of my childhood. It … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 5 months ago: She must be all of 16 or 17, and she’s standing up at the road-side, thumb out. It is the very … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 6 months ago: I think it may well be that my grandmother was merely born a generation or two too late. She seems t … more →
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Che Tibby wrote 6 months ago: The nature of the mother-daughter relationship is a complex one, and something I am decidedly under- … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 6 months ago: I’ve long known my Grandmother to be responsible for the fracturing of my mother’s nucle … more →
Falling, Folding Leaves of Paper
Che Tibby wrote 7 months ago: He is a young man, recently returned from an adventure that was the defining moment of his life. He … more →
