Real people
This site started out as a family history and an outlet for my father and me, but more generally it’s about people who, barring car crashes and other happenstances, don’t make the news. Ordinary people — real people — are at least as interesting as many of the people we gossip and read about. So if this isn’t interesting, I’m sorry. Blame me.
… and me
Two good friends lived in the Big End of Town, and I’d rib them about it. “The trouble with Remuera and Herne Bay is the neighbours,” I’d say. “We like West Auckland, where the real people live — I’m a Real People.”
They doubted that, and so did I for different reasons, which led to my calling this site Real People and Me. Also, Real People wasn’t available as a URL.