Paradigm in Paradise

Letter2Recently the Mauritius Post introduced post codes for my region. The Post service gave us a card with our new code for our address. On the card they requested that we tell our correspondents. So, you think, not a problem, it is just a matter of informing the usual list of people such as the bank and utility services. Think again. Continue reading “Paradigm in Paradise”

Questionable Parentage

Just having celebrated the 50th anniversary of joining the Royal Air Force (January 1963) I had a look through my old files. A few years ago, I decided to get my old RAF records as keepsake for the family. Looking at the original typed or hand-written document, this was before computerization, I had a shock to find a particular annotation. Continue reading “Questionable Parentage”

Reunion of a Lifetime

mauritius_mapThis reunion happened on 3 November 2010 in the middle of the Southern Indian Ocean and it stretched out over several days. Never would I have thought that we would meet again some 9,000 miles (14,480 kilometres) from where we were first thrown together. The place a beautiful island called Mauritius. Continue reading “Reunion of a Lifetime”