We crack up Australian audiences every time by claiming we think of Canberra, their government center, as romantic. It’s an important part of the bond between us that on demanding occasions like Bernie’s funeral, we can totally rely on each other to deliver. It was as speakers that Kathrine and I first met, at the Canberra Marathon. Now you go straight to the hairdresser’s in Newtown and ask for Liz, and tell her to use color number….” “The last time we visited her in the hospice, she was so shrunken, I held her hand and all I could say was, ‘Oh, Bernie!’ And she said, ‘Oh, Kathy, oh, Kathy…what’s wrong with your hair? It looks like shit. Bernie in her forthright way had appointed me to conduct the big memorial service and Kathrine as one of the speakers.Īs always, Kathrine tells compelling stories, and judges the tone to perfection. Our long friendship included Bernie professionally doing Kathrine's hair (always a challenge) for our wedding in 1987. Hugely popular and inspirational, Bernie, a former Boston women’s masters champion, has died of cancer at 66.
Kathrine's zest, generosity, and special skill at picking gifts for teenage girls make her a much-loved step-grandmother.īernie Portenski's funeral. Next week, we’ll be applauding our actor grandson on stage in Wellington. Later, we smuggle the younger granddaughter into Opotiki for a secret feast on meat pies. I take my injured knee and 18-year-old vegan granddaughter for a hike. Kathrine and my son Jim run 12 miles on the Pakihi Track, a remote former stock route, which he has restored and re-opened in his role as CEO of the “Motu Trails” network. January 30, Eastern Bay of Plenty, New Zealand: Related: 50 Years After Sparking a Revolution, an Icon Runs Again Her girlhood heroine was ballerina Margot Fonteyn. She loves ballet, for its combination of physical strength, skill, and feminine beauty in motion.
But she puts in an hour’s run on the local bush trail, and as a birthday treat we go to the New Zealand Ballet’s Swan Lake. on the phone and Skype, with international media interviews and 261 Fearless Foundation issues.
Robinson shares excerpts from his journal from the weeks leading up to Switzer’s 50th anniversary run at Boston. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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