Archives and aunts
Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 6:16 pmGoodbye, blog archive. There comes a time to burn old diaries (and start a new pile for some future bonfire).
My mother tells me that my nearly 101-year-old great aunt, who recently moved into an aged care home, “has no idea where she is & tried to escape, attempting to take another resident with her.”
In dressing gowns and lipstick, over the wall, evading the dogs, robbing a bank, hijacking a ship, making it to Panama…
March 16th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Jumping Jesus your aunt is awesome! That’s the kind of lady I want to be hanging out with.
March 17th, 2009 at 8:49 am
When she was 80 and still driving a Torana –
Police officer: Miss Newman, are you aware that you were doing 130km/h?
Aunt: Yes, officer. It’s been sitting in the garage for a while, so I just took it out for a burn. You’ve got to give the engine a proper burn sometimes, you know…