Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis - Margaret a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician.
They served with The Salvation Army in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. They retired to live in Bromley, in southeast London. Margaret passed away in 2019.
Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family have always meant a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.
Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their life experiences.
Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.
Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.
Here is Paul's most recent poem:
Them and Us
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- Written May 2024
Surprising us at every corner
Showing us something different
In the ever-changing scenes of life,
While the sea-otters balance
Back-stroke with feeding a pup
Who also has to learn to gorge
For survival with those well-covered.
We trudge through their world,
Observing with enjoyment,
Yet hardly recognising that we belong
Together in the world we share,
Until evening reflections double joys
With screening of the day's memories.
Point Lobos, California
May 2024
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Early Spanish explorers gave the name lobos (wolves) to sea lions.
Sea otters have no blubber, and have to eat 25% of their body-weight daily.