2008/09 - Winter

[Sweder]

Sorry to hear about your Mum, though it does sound as if peace at last is a blessing for her and her loved ones.
A succint yet poignant post, the last few lines incredibly moving, reminding me of seeing my Grandmother, our great matriarch, laid out at the rest home. She wasn't there of course, just the shell that had carried her indomitable spirit, lifeless and somehow dull without her at the wheel.

Tell M that whilst Sarah Palin might be a couple of prozac short of going postal she is considered by any number of men of a - ahem - certain age as 'hot tottie' (there are other expressions which I will avoid here for the sake of propriety).

Alas, your attempted synchronicity was foiled by the good Burghers of Almeria. I can't say more, except to tell you that our race finally started - and not for the first time, I might add - at 11:00 local time. You won't guess the reason, you'll just have to wait for the full horror to unfold . . .