{"product_id":"0752830513228","title":"Solid Ground","description":"DIARY OF A ROLLING STONE\u003cbr\u003eand HOW I HAVE JUST THROWN A DOUBLE SIX TO START A NEW STABLE LIFE.\u003cp\u003eI'm gonna write till I drop!\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a bit of \"wacky\" humour click on http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ogPZ5CY9KoM\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonty Python on novel writing \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Watching children grow is like threatening the ivy to climb the garden wall. \u003cbr\u003eYou wait for it to happen you hurry it along with love. \u003cbr\u003eBut still you're disappointed at giving someone life enough to walk off on your own and not be carried in your arms. \u003cbr\u003eYou never turn your back - not once, \u003cbr\u003eand yet one day they've grown apart or taller. \u003cbr\u003eIt's all the same. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea. \u003cbr\u003eGiving love to children has made us older overnight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Rod McKune \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedicated to my dear family. \"I love you in the very special way that I've written about in these pages.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't know why \"the hell\" I am writing this story of my life; because probably nobody will believe it, but my friends (who are a motley collection of out of the ordinary crazy individuals, as opposed to my dear wife's rather \"straight-laced\" friends) have suggested that this account of my life could be a hilarious best seller. We shall see!\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eI am writing these first words on a Jumbo jet bound for New Zealand... and who knows what! I am a 39 year old male, who has been working in Cape Town as the Life Manager of a dynamic insurance brokerage, marking time to join my wife, Marie and twin sons, Gareth and Sean in New Zealand. They have gone there 6 weeks ago on our second immigration to NZ (4th actually in 4 years...so we have had plenty of practice runs). We are going there for a dull stable life of bottling jams, pickling bums, er sorry buns and especially picking noses and endless cups of tea (as my dear mother says, all Kiwis do that - pick their noses, except for \"straight\" Round Tablers and Rotarians, who don't do it at functions!). So I guess I'll have to learn how to pick my nose to be accepted In \"Godzone\"*. Please excuse my dear \"crazy\" wife (must have got the \"bug\" from your author, but indeed she has a heart of gold. \u003cbr\u003eRIP our chaotic crazy existence so far.\u003cbr\u003e* little joke interlude\u003cbr\u003e Question: \"Do you pick your nose?\"\u003cbr\u003eAnswer: \"If I were you, I would have picked a better one!\"\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eI think that I have always been a bit different to the \"normal run of the mill sort of person\"; so let's start at the beginning and maybe we can understand why my life has been waylaid (and I have been laid) by many tributaries off the beaten track.\u003cbr\u003eI am now starting this account of my life on an aeroplane heading for the other side of the planet: the idyllic South Pacific islands of New Zealand to rejoin my family there and a new future. What will happen to me and my family there? We shall see...\u003cbr\u003eOctober 1989...high up in the sky\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eAs my dear mother once said, \"I've been riding the rapids of life in all my years\"; so now its rather nice to be becalmed here in these calm waters. Yes, here in the haven and at the same time, the harbour of \"Sleepy Hollow\", we are sheltered from the storms of life. And this is the reason why I have been able to write so prolifically. Something that I like very much and a craft that gives me great satisfaction.\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eThough I don't know why the story of my \"insignificant little life\" should be so interesting as to have written a book about it. However, my dear wife, Marie said that it may be fascinating and inspirational to others! She also said it might HELP other people having a battle in the \"game of life\". \u003cbr\u003eI really don't know about all that. I think I'm really quite an \"ordinary bloke\". Anyway, whatever the \"boss\" says, gets done. So here is my \"little\" story, true \"ekse\"...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RELATIVITY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47090943983856,"sku":"0752830513228","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0752830513228_p0.jpg?v=1763522194","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0752830513228","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}