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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes Writing

The Newlywed Diary

In It’s Entirety – all 390 words

Intro by Greg, the Diary by Trenna

Introduction

Today I was looking for a different piece of Trenna history, when I stumbled across a lovely hard cover book I hadn’t seen for some time.

It was bought at Myer (department store) for $15 (which sounds to me like a lot of money, considering it was in 1989). It comprises 100 or so blank pages.

The very first page has Trenna’s writing on both … Read the rest ... “The Newlywed Diary”

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1980s 1990s Menus Recipes

The Menu Diaries No. 4

June 1992

For an introduction to what these Menu Diary posts are about, please click here.

Friday 29 May 1992. A date which will live in infamy. Our good friend Helen invited us to her pace for dinner with her and her then husband, David. I fell asleep at the table. Big Whoops! Helen and David were good about it….

Tuesday 2 June. I see we had flathead fillets and really enjoyed them. Looking ahead at the next … Read the rest ... “The Menu Diaries No. 4”

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1980s Love and Marriage Snippets and Vignettes

A Burger with a Peace Rally, and a Watch on the Side

By Greg

Palm Sunday, 27 March 1988

Here is a special bonus post, because it is Palm Sunday today. Neither Trenna nor I were religious, but there is a story related to this day that Trenna and I always remembered.

Setting The Scene

I got together with Trenna at the very start of 1988, so our relationship was very young. I’m pretty sure by that stage we hadn’t said the word LOVE in a sentence to each other.

The Cold … Read the rest ... “A Burger with a Peace Rally, and a Watch on the Side”