R's rue

 “ He has been with me for all of my life, so far, I’ve had no one as loyal or as long-standing in my life “  So did a patient describe her brother to me the other day.  It was a quote that lingered in my mind like a YouTube song  And is one that has a resonance for I got  the quote as soon as it left the patient’s mouth. I’ve mentioned it here on Going Gently a few times, that my childhood wasn’t a particularly happy one. Like many sixties and seventies kids , we’re a product of our age…..emotionally absent parents but well looked after, we had siblings and grandparents to nurture us, so we were the lucky ones. But inside our own four walls things were often somewhat sad. My patient shared a memory of her brother with me and told me of it’s significance. And over sixty years I  thought of what one memory I could share that summed up my sisters’ and me. I found one easily,  perched happily in a cerebral cul de sac of childhood memories in 19...

I always go for the domed ones (American: thumbtacks) Some readers may recall  that last August Shirley and I spent an inordinate amount of time clearing out my late brother Simon's rental cottage. We tried to be ruthless but even so a few boxes of his rescued stuff were brought back to our home in Sheffield. Largely those boxes have remained untouched as I wait to see Simon's financial affairs brought to closure. The process has been incredibly slow and frustrating. Amongst the rescued items were things that belonged to my mother, father and the rest of our family. Anyway, today I addressed two of those boxes and managed to reduce them to one. It was a success measured against the past five months of my procrastination. Something of a psychological nature has been going on here though I can't quite explain it. Here are some of the items that surfaced today. Remnants of the departed... A commemorative tin from 1981. Charles and Diana were married in the same year as...

 It’s been  A great weekend Checking in  With all Of you How are y’all doing my loves? from R's rue https://ift.tt/2NXDEpZ

  I’ve not had much free time over the weekend but I’ve knuckled down and made more than a start on the Community Association web page, which I’m pleased about. https://trelawnydcommunityassociation.blogspot.com/ That’s one less thing to get done. I have yet to expand the page suggesting the hall is an ideal venture for a “ do it yourself “ wedding. We’ve had a few of those over the years and they have proved to be quite delightful. There is nothing I want to see at the cinema this week.  Spielberg’s homage to cinema and his family is on next week but this week’s offering of Babylon has left me somewhat cold. My book club book arrived Three Hours By Rosamund Lupton  I will give that a go from Going Gently https://ift.tt/LlrZYVH