In August the "Our Petty Lives" celebrates 20 years of publication. It has been a truly wonderful process and product, keeping a family together in heart, even if they are scattered geographically. We wish to thank Ray and Rosemary, the heads of the family, and editors, publishers etc for their wonderful work over the 20 years, while putting up with perennially tardy contributions.

And now we believe it is time to give them a break and move forward with the technology to a collective Blog, sited here. Each potential contributor needs to sign in and email Nicola to be added as a contributor. People can add photos and news as it arrives, without the hassle of printing, sending, compiling etc.

This will be a private blog, which means only authorised people can read it. If you wish to be able to read it, email nicola.petty (at) canterbury.ac.nz. (Replace (at) with @).