One Year in the Life of Donald Holt

Several years ago I read a book that made quite an impression on me.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich written by Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn.

Solzhenitsyn, December 11, 1918 – August 3, 2008) was a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. Through his writings, he made the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's labour camp system, and for these efforts Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. He returned to Russia in 1994. He was the father of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conductor and pianist. He died at home after years of declining health on August 3, 2008.

August 3 2008, just a few weeks ago, his passing is worth a mention.

We all have our days, our years and our own story and all the stories are worth a mention. I often can't recall what I what I did yesterday, but 2008 have has some moments, probably mundane, ordinary, but I would hazard a guess that that people in situations like the one Ivan Denisovich was depicted in would gladly change me places.
My BLOG entered on January 26 is about the Great Grand daughter of the year.
February 23 is about the wedding of the year
And just a week or two ago our fifth son Simon was awarded the Book of the Year.
The book is titled "God Next Door" (Acorn Press), and of course I'm proud of him.
I'm sure you will find something about this on Simon's Page which is found on a column on this BLOG Site.
On the 7th of June, my wife Peta Sue suffered a stroke from which she has made a remarkable recovery, for which we thank God.
On June 25 I had a Carpal Tunnel release done on my left hand, that's worth a mention!
Children and Grandchildren have traveled all over the globe through this period, to mention a few, Our oldest son, Mark, visited Zimbabwe, Grandson Kamis returned home from the Middle east area, Granddaughter Gemma is in London after touring parts of Europe and Grandson Jarred is, of all places, in Iceland!
The furthest afield that Sue and I have got is to the Gold coast, and I have a picture to prove it