Power of One
KATHI: Try www.bookdepository.co.uk for more of Bryce Courtenay's books. The follow-on to the Power of One is called "Tandia". The prices aren't too bad compared to Australia's but the good thing is that postage is free to anywhere in the world. Bryce was born in Sth Africa so writes 'from the inside' so to speak. There was also a "The Power of One" movie which can be bought as a DVD. It followed the book quite well although it left out several important characters as far as I was concerned. Hope this helps.We had a great time staying with BEE in Auckland and didn't really want to leave so soon. Gus and Graham got on famously! Unfortunately we seemed to have brought rain with us and it stayed the whole time we were in NZ, fining up the day we left! We were there to help one of his brothers, (who lives in Whangarie, between Auckland and the famous Bay of Islands), celebrate his 60th birthday and his wife her 50th. She's Filipina so most of the guests were from the Filipino community and it was great to see how much they love dancing and singing. We stayed with another brother and his family.
MARION: We were planning on ringing you while we were there but didn't manage it, I'm afraid. Hope you have a great Christmas with the family.
When we arrived home we found that the town had suffered an horrific hailstorm three nights earlier. 55 mm of rain fell in half an hour as well, which is pretty significant seeing that Whyalla's average annual rainfall is only about 320 mm (12.6"). A friend's solar hot water system's glass cover was smashed, as were those of 2 of her near neighbours but thankfully we had no damage at all to come home to.
All of our sons and their partners will be here for Christmas this year, or at least the day after We have suddenly become step grand-parents of a 5 yr old and a 2 yr old and will be welcoming their sibling and our first grandchild in mid April, so there will be young children around the house for the first time in years. We're really looking forward to it.
Must be off. DH has lost some paperwork. A very happy Christmas to all.
Hugs
Fran
posted by Fran (Sth Aust) @ 5:08 PM
3 Comments:
Fran-Merry Christmas to you too.
It looks like you will have a house full for a few days. Enjoy all the little ones.
Sara in Fla.
Welcome home! I'm jealous that you got to spend time with Bee. :-) What fun you all must have had.
Take care,
Hugz, Mary in Oregon
PS- Have HEAPS of fun with the littlies!
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