sl, aloha
'sing a song of sixpence' is a short story written by james norman hall back in the 1920's and probably
published originally in the atlantic monthy...it appears in several anthologies of 'south pacific/island' type stuff.
if you'd like a book recommendation...' MY ISLAND HOME ' by J.N. Hall (greenwood press)- it's his autobiography.
Jim Hall and his partner Charles Nordhoff wrote many books in the middle of the last century including the
definitive fictional account of the mutiny on the bounty...i think he's the best author of the 20 th century.
Nordhoff and Hall both flew for the French in world war I...war heros...they settled in Tahiti in the 1920's...
lived in poverty on their french military pension, discussed great events and philosophy, and wrote a series
of novels...hall also wrote essays and short stories...nordhoff went 'native' married several tahitian women
and moved to beyond the end of the road somewhere on tahitititi; hall married late and lived in arue( 2 kids-
son a cinematographer in la and a daughter who lives in hawaii)
when the french tried to bannish the 'pareo' the tahitian lavalava wrap, hall wore one to every function;
when the french tried halt the speaking of tahitian, hall learned the language and supported aschool teaching in tahitian.
hall supported the independence movement in tahiti, new caledonia and vietnam...he died in the 1960's and is
burried on a hill overlooking the tahara'a- one tree hill, mata'avai bay and point venus...never learned to drive a car.
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aloha Ben
Just wanted to share.
I have three sons, and I do understand what you are saying about AS and carrying babies (though I did not know that I had AS, just that I had a fractured coccyx).
