Have stayed away until now from any reference to Victoria's tragic bushfires of 7 February. It seems the day will be known as Black Saturday.
This morning, as I replaced in its envelope a courting letter my father wrote to my mother (Melbourne 4 Feb 1948), I noted the additional postal imperative: PREVENT BUSHFIRES
"I still wish you were with me my darling,
because I love you so much and always will."
