Quodlibet

A year ago I wrote of the impending death of my dear friend, Margareta Ferguson. ('The Last Mile') Somewhat embarrassingly, and to ...

I didn't attend my father's funeral, and I never regretted it. I sat by his side in his final days, he, too weak, too close to dyi...

Don't you be sorry for me though, all I have is a lingering cold, which has kept me confined to quarters for a few days. (Cough, cough...

My landlady died in January. This came as a huge surprise, not least to her, because everyone, including she, thought her indestructible. Mr...

Getting older isn't for cissy's. 'Cissy'  in the film 'Quartet' quoted this several,times, because she was growing  ...

Lying in wait for death -  I sprang out, a little precipitately, And rather too soon. Embarrassed,  I tried to look  Young, fit  And noncha...

Today came like a bolt from the blue With sky and sun. I wonder as I interrogate the cold,  And the brightness: When the day c...

Two weeks ago I met with like-minded people to explore death. It's a queer thing, death. We don't much want to talk about it, which ...

I was about sixteen when I learned how to resurrect people - or at least ensure a sufficient flow of oxygen to the brain to hope for some ki...