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He was back at Khaur and seeking a way to employ his always active inclinations as he became re-integrated back into the community he had left just over a year ago. This time he decided to take a greater interest … Continue reading →

The joy of life for him in his job was Boston Stump, his great, white mule. Scarcely a day went by without him mounting Boston and going to different places with a Foreman on mule-back to inspect some work on … Continue reading →

On a clear day the Pico de Piedade could be seen from certain vantage points at Nova Lima; it is the highest point of the Sierra de Espinaco (Backbone Range) which is the principal mountain range in Brazil and runs … Continue reading →

There was just the beginning of lightness in the sky and the shards of mist over the river and meadow were already whitening into luminosity when we came to the boundary of the Settlement. Nothing was visible for more than … Continue reading →

As he watched Ursula and Lein-lein receive their first ant-rabies injections at the Louis Pasteur Clinic in Sao Paulo it reminded him of how he had gone through the same process in Pakistan in the 1940’s. Everything had seem to … Continue reading →

It wasn’t supposed to finish up like this he thought gloomily as he watched the syringe empty its contents into his stomach. Walter Hakim, the new Company doctor, was nervous as he administered the anti-rabies vaccine and there was no … Continue reading →

The weather has been hot for some weeks now and the rains come every day making up for the past two months which, although u sually wet months, have been mostly dry. For us, living in semi-urban Sao Paulo, the … Continue reading →

It was not long after his breakfast meeting with the Mining Company’s new President, Colonel Eduardo Lucas, (BLOG – an old order passes) that the letter terminating his contract with the Company arrived at lunchtime on 8th November. They were … Continue reading →

All Souls Day on 2nd November fell on a Tuesday in 1971 and many businesses worked on preceding Saturdays so as to allow employees to have a four day holiday which would include the Monday of 1st November.This was called … Continue reading →