I don't believe our true task is ever revealed to us in a straightforward way, but that it is something that happens. Look after yourselves and have a pleasant Easter. All the best _________________________ (END) |
Don's Letters regarding his father, Dr. MacDonald-Bayne (Don was the younger son, Robert (Bob) was the elder) Note: Don MacDonald passed away in 1995. |
(A) October 1976 Dear Lor First of all I must apologise for being so long in answering your letter. Firstly we were on holiday when your letter arrived, and secondly it got mislaid, and we almost threw it out amongst some magazines. Now that explanations are all done I'll try and answer your letter. To start off with I can't give you a lot of information about my father, not that I won't, it's that I can't. I didn't really know |
(B) a great deal about him, not until his latter years, as I was brought up in this country since I was 2 years old, and my father lived and worked abroad most of the times, but I'll give you as much as I really know. First of all he was born at Kenmore in Scotland, a second son of a farmer. He was named Murdo Bayne, Bayne being his mother's maiden name, and later took this as his pen name for his books. He always said that he had the "gift" given him through his mother. He was born in 1887 and was taught |
(C) to speak English when he went to school, and when he was about six when out with his brother, they were jumping across a brook when he landed on some barbed wire, and one of the barbs went into his left eye, and was taken to hospital and operated on by his uncle. Despite this handicap he went into the army in 1914 as Pipe Major in the Highland Light Infantry, came out as a Captain with the Military Cross. He was married in 1913, and two sons of which I am the younger. My brother Robert knew much more about |
(D) my father. How long was he in New Zealand, Australia and Tibet, I honestly don't know. He went to New Zealand in 1920 with my mother and brother. He did a lot of work in New Zealand and Australia, and a lot of his students are still following his work there. I do know that he visited 23 countries doing his work. Unfortunately my brother had all my father's tapes, etc. His first wife died in 1966, and he remarried in 1970. He followed my father in 1972, and of course a lot of his belongings |
(E) were destroyed and all I have left are his books. My father died in 1955. He had a heart attack in a taxi and by the time he was taken to a hospital it was too late to save him. This was all rather sad as we were all on the verge of moving into a big house all together. My father and mother in the larger part and my brother and myself in two flats above which he'd had converted for us, and he was going to teach us both all his work so that we could follow him and take on doing his work, but all |
(F) that went by the board when he died. I'm sorry I cannot tell you much more, except that he was a wonderful father and a grand man. |
(G) Once again please accept my apologies for the delay in answering your letter. With our very best wishes, we are Donald MacDonald. ____________________________ |
Letter (in part) from Don Dated April 5, 1977 We received a letter from Mr. & Mrs. Troxler of Pretoria, S.A. I'm afraid we couldn't help them very |
much. They wanted to know about Dad's tapes and lectures as my brother and I never found any of Dad's work in his effects. Mrs. Chisholm had removed when Dad died saying that his wish was his work should carry on, and when she passed away we were not informed, so whatever happened to her effects we never knew, with the result all Dad's notes and tapes, etc. went for good. |
I don't believe our true task is ever revealed to us in a straightforward way, but that it is something that happens. Look after yourselves and have a pleasant Easter. All the best _________________________ (END) |
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