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		<title>Lest we forget&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to my sister Desiree for this article:   Remember this lady!&#8230;.  Irena Sendler Died: May 12, 2008 (aged 98) Warsaw, Poland During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2013/04/lest-we-forget/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A father&#8217;s love.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 00:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read a letter from a father to his son the other day on Facebook . The letter was in response to the father overhearing his son talking on the telephone to his friend about how nervous he was about coming &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2013/03/a-fathers-love/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2012 Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Click here to read  Newsletter 122012(1)]]></description>
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		<title>The girl with the apples. (True story)</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2012/04/the-girl-with-the-apples-true-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was clearing my spam file in my gmail when I came across an e-mail from an old friend, Morris Harris. Why this particular e-mail ended up in the &#8220;Spam Box&#8221; I have no idea. It was pure luck that &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2012/04/the-girl-with-the-apples-true-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2012/01/quote-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve learned&#8230; that family and friends are what make us who we are today, and without them we would never be complete.]]></description>
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		<title>A Tribute to a VERY Special Lady.</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2012/01/a-tribute-to-a-very-special-lady/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tears blur my vision as I remember a very special lady, a special lady not only to me but to all who knew her. Avis Doreen Zock, nee Thomas nee Lavenski.  My Aunty Avis. Aunty Avis or Ave as &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2012/01/a-tribute-to-a-very-special-lady/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity by Trevor Romain</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/12/integrity-by-trevor-romain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It happened a long time ago boet. A time when people actually did what they said they were going to do. I was driving along a dirt road in the Drakensburg mountains with my stukkie. In the distance I noticed &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/12/integrity-by-trevor-romain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seasons Greetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christmas Newsletter2011]]></description>
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		<title>The Greatest Realization.</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/11/the-greatest-realization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the greatest realizations in a man’s life, well in my life actually, is when I realized that the children have overtaken their parents in intelligence and acumen. I do not mean the usual computer skills in which most &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/11/the-greatest-realization/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guilty or Not Guilty?</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/guilty-or-not-guilty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I plead? Guilty or Not Guilty? Two things that REALLY piss me off. One, people trying to make me feel guilty for emigrating from South Africa and two, ex-pat South Africans badmouthing my country of birth and my &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/guilty-or-not-guilty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Putco Bus &#8211; by Trevor Romain</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/putco-bus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an article by Trevor Romain -  I found it on Facebook and enjoyed it so much that I got Trevor&#8217;s kind permission to re-blog it. Trevor is not only a gifted writer but an accomplished artist. Enjoy.. (Disclaimer. &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/putco-bus/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Saigon (Ho Chi Min)</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/saigon-ho-chi-min/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the urging of my old friend Morris Harris, I have added a bit more on this incredible city. As I mentioned in my previous post, Vietnam is incredible, in particular Ho Chi Min City (Saigon). The place is rundown, &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/saigon-ho-chi-min/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Family holidays&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/family-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love family holidays, and the family holiday, which we have recently been on, must be up there as one of the best of my lifetime. <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/10/family-holidays/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lost relatives.</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/07/lost-relatives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, I opened my e-mail inbox to find an email from Paypal, the site that I use to sell my book.  It said that a woman in South Africa had purchased the book and had transferred &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/07/lost-relatives/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Eggs for my kids</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/04/easter-eggs-for-my-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As old age creeps up on me, I’m finding it more and more difficult voicing my feelings without crying like a wimp. I’ve become a sentimental old fart.  It has always been a tradition in our family to give chocolate &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/04/easter-eggs-for-my-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writer&#8217;s Block</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/04/writers-block/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since completing and publishing &#8220;Life is&#8230;&#8221;, I have had some very positive feedback and some not so positive silence.  However, that does not change the fact that writing the book was, next to teaching English to non-English speakers, one of &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/04/writers-block/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Growing up without cellphones</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/02/625/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend e-mailed the following to me and I thought it too good not to repost. It is not my composition but I&#8217;m sure the author would not have any issues with me publishing it. Growing Up Without Cellphones If &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/02/625/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The End is Nigh</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/02/the-end-is-nigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end is nigh or is it? What is it with the weather patterns and natural disasters around the world? The poor people of Queensland in Australia are only just coming to terms with the devastating floods which hit them &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/02/the-end-is-nigh/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer BBQ&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/01/summer-bbqs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Auckland Anniversary Weekend which means a long weekend and fortunately Tropical Cyclone Wilma or whatever she&#8217;s called,which has been wreaking havoc both in Aussie and the Pacific, decided to bypass us so we only had one day, Saturday, &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/01/summer-bbqs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Empty Nest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have not been great on blogging; I tried it a few years ago but got a bit bored with it. Since reading my Cousin Tracey&#8217;s blog &#8220;Death &#38; Taxes&#8221; I have become a little more enthusiastic. Tracey is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.alfqwood.com/2011/01/the-empty-nest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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