September temperatures

The evening temperatures are giving evidence that summer weather is coming to an end. This week we will be around 3 or 4 degrees C overnight. The apples are all off the tree and I see leaves now sitting on the still green grass. Autumn is approaching and at Phil’s house the garden is giving…

Travel by train

Like we hop on planes these days – or we did before the pandemic – there was a time not so long ago that train travel was the rule not the exception. Train travel remains rather expensive if you’re going on a long journey. The cost reversal reminds me of the truth that once upon…

Funeral story #3

I had a request from a family to do the funeral of their mother, who had passed away having suffered from Alzheimer’s. Again, this was a really lovely family. Gentle with each other, empathetic to each other’s loss and somewhat received that their mother’s suffering had come to an end. On the day of the…