by Freda | Feb 10, 2016 | Oldun Days
AHHH – MANGO SEASON The smell is the first thing that catches your attention. You are walking around the fruit shop and there it is – and a flood of happy memories come drifting through your consciousness. My earliest memory is when my...
by Freda | Feb 4, 2016 | Oldun Days
This extract is from Freda in 1964. So, the unexpected has happened. We have sold our home, built six years ago in this leafy suburb where I came as a bride. Our nest, where our two babies changed us from a couple to a family – on a small acreage with a shed,...
by Freda | Jan 20, 2016 | Oldun Days
A teenager recently asked me:”In the Olden Days what did you do in your spare time without an IPhone or a computer? This was an active, sports loving person, but I realised that when they were not involved in their normal busy activities, electronic gadgets reigned...