Old-timers’ party

L to R: Keith McDonald, Carolyn Neogi, Fiona McDonald, Thelma Batchelor, Lindsay Thorne

Erica and I went to a Baha’i nostalgia-fest last night at the home of Sean and Tebby Hinton in London. Fiona and Keith McDonald were visiting from Australia and gathered together some of us who were Baha’i chums in the early 1970s. When we were young we were impatient at the constant reminiscing of the old fogeys. Now I am an old fogey and I can take undiluted pleasure in recalling the past, laughing, and still thinking with excitement (or trepidation) about the future.

Mind you, I am not as old as The Independent made out on 16 December. According to their Portfolio: Our leading religious figures, I am 68, exactly 10 years older than I really am. Either that, or I am doing very well for a 68-year-old.

Anyway, it was great to see old friends, some of whom we hadn’t seen for ages, to talk, laugh, eat, and laugh some more.

Unfortunately I put a sticky finger on the camera lens, which explains the unwanted “soft focus” patch in each of the photos.

Erica Leith and Margaret Appa

Sean and Tebby Hinton with Shirin Maanian

You can find more photos on my Flickr pages.

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