R's rue

Talking with Ian's girlfriend Sarah over the weekend, I found myself harking back to 1972-1973  when I spent a year as a Voluntary Service Overseas teacher on the very remote island of Rotuma. It is situated  way north of the main islands of Fiji. Sarah was interested and so memories and explanations tumbled out of me. I have referred to Rotuma  before in this blog but in everyday life I rarely have the opportunity to talk about it and the experiences I had there. I am not a boastful man and I tend to shun people who are always going on about where they have been and what they have done. After twenty minutes of rambling, I showed Sarah and Ian the coconut palm fan I was given in the week before I left Rotuma. Previously, I blogged about it here . They appreciated the story of the fan and how no such fans were ever woven for sale to visitors - because there weren't any! In a rash moment I said that they could have the fan. It was like passing on a precious heirloom and...

 Readers may know of my slight obsession with Korea  My friend Ruth and I had planned to go last year to meet our mutual friend Ben Who lives there with his family , but alas that wasn’t to be Now I’ve heard that my great niece is going to her friends Wedding in Korea  How lovely she looks too in the traditional Hanbok wedding outfits  Next year , after Rome, Venice and Barcelona , I’m going My great niece Ellie, far right from Going Gently https://ift.tt/tkXWd3D

 Last thing you bought? Last thing you ate? Best vacation you took? from R's rue https://ift.tt/OfwRAT1

  The ponies are back on the field. Just before Dawn , I noticed their large dark shapes shifting from leg to leg by the gate and I walked over to say hello . I adore ponies noses. Soft and pink and hairy and all smelling sweetly of fresh grass. I dropped my head against the first pony’s muzzle and inhaled loudly,  My nose against theirs and we stood like that for a while saying hello. I dropped my head at the others in turn and did the same  It felt as though I was being polite and friendly  And so were they from Going Gently https://ift.tt/UvEaLOV