"William Lindesay OBE is a British geographer, a research fellow at his alma mater, Liverpool University, and a recipient of The Special Award of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs. After a milestone journey of 2,500 km on foot along the Great Wall in 1987, Lindesay returned to China in 1990 to retrace sections of the Long March. … Continue reading Review: A Story as Compelling as the Great Wall
Category: Laycock Family
My Father’s 105th Birthday
My brother, John, posted a great remembrance today on Facebook marking our father's 105th birthday. He's allowed me to share it here. Today would be my father's 105th birthday. He died in 1998 at the age of 83. August 22, 1915, was a Sunday. World War I was in full cry but I cannot find … Continue reading My Father’s 105th Birthday
Remembering Mom
My brother, John, posted a short beautiful remembrance of our mother this afternoon on Facebook. She died thirteen years ago today. It was Saturday morning, January 6, 2007. She was 89 years old. I couldn't say it better than John did. May Her Soul... Today is the thirteenth anniversary of my mother's death. Getting older … Continue reading Remembering Mom
Remembering Dad
◼︎LAYCOCK FAMILY My Dad passed away on Cinco de Mayo twenty-one years ago. It's amazing to think that he's been gone nearly a third of my life. Yet he remains ever-present. I think of him almost everyday. And even when not, I know that I model him in a zillion ways. He lives on inside … Continue reading Remembering Dad