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Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake

Making Nana Retter’s Fruit Cake

by Kat | Jan 29, 2023 | Blog, Family History, Recipes

Last Christmas I joined a long line of women in my family who have made my great grandmother’s fruit cake.

The three wives of John William Lewis

The three wives of John William Lewis

by Kat | Jun 8, 2022 | Blog, Family History

In attempting to work out where he came from, I uncovered the life story of my great great grandfather, John William Lewis.

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Kat is a gardener and purrveyor of Kat's Nip. Most Sundays she writes about her life on her lifestyle block in Te Hiku (Far North), New Zealand.

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