Mothers-in-law and enduring attributes
25/05/2022
The November Spring morning shone through the stained-glass windows in the clerestory, bathing the congregation in a yellow light as they gathered in St Dominic’s Church, Camberwell. My uncle David spoke briefly prior to his sons’ eulogy for their mother Cindy, his wife, and my aunt. David reflected on a conversation he had with his mother-in-law, my grandmother, Dot Meagher, twenty-four years prior.
From the mouths of babes: four generations of children’s letters
07/12/2021
Amid the first winter of the COVID-19 pandemic, I mailed two drawings of a garden scene to my seven-year-old niece (one coloured in, the other black and white). I asked her to add to a story I started about fairies in the garden and requested that she colour the black and white picture and return it. We exchanged a few drawings and developed the fairy story before our collective effort fizzled out.
During the second winter of the pandemic, in-between lockdowns four and five, I unexpectedly received an email from my niece (via her mother’s inbox) with a word document attached and a simple message.
Letter from Maureen & Cynthia Meagher to Jack Meagher 1952
03/11/2021
Letter to Jack Meagher from Maureen and Cynthia Meagher June 1952
Letter to Dorothy Meagher from Terence Meagher c.1950
03/11/2021
Letter to Dorothy Meagher from Terence Meagher c.1950
Letter from Vincent Meagher to Lux Meagher 1911
03/11/2021
Letter to Lux Meagher from Vincent Meagher 1911 (page 1)
Letter from Mary Meagher to Lux Meagher 1911
03/11/2021
Letter to Lux Meagher from Mary Meagher 1911 (page 1)
Letter from Vincent Meagher to Lux Meagher c.1910
03/11/2021
Letter to Lux Meagher from Vincent Meagher c.1910 (page 1)
Alice in Wonderland
14/06/2021
Late last year, the Athenaeum Theatre advertised a stage production of Alice in Wonderland for children in January. When I saw the email in my inbox, I instantly thought with delighted relief, ‘Christmas presents for my nieces, sorted!’
