Letters From New Zealand

Going through Dad's letters reminded me of a number of things; like the fact that though Dad has written to me every week, my letter writing was sporadic. I may not have written many letters, but I was very casual about using the phone to call home to New Zealand. It was expensive, but even in the mid 80's long distance calls were a lot cheaper than they had once been. Maybe it's a generational thing, and we approach technologies not as they are, but how they were when we were first introduced to them. My grandmother, particularly, found long distance calls a little discombobulating. One time I was baking a cake and the recipe said “cook until done.” I had no idea what that meant, so I tried calling my mother and, after getting no answer, called my Grandmother, who was quite amazed that I’d called all the way from Australia to find out how to bake a cake! May 1992 - Grandma said you’d rung, but apart from the fact that she was thrilled with the call and the news,