SO SOME SHORT
Goodbyes and Hallos.
On
Monday of this week we said our final goodbye to old friend Joan
Keep. Customary service at the (above) crematorium down the road from here.
The one bright note was that her beloved little dog has been adopted and, our reliable informant tells us, is blissfully happy with its new owner.
She would like that.
The late John Tree's funeral service will take place on the mainland next week. I have been invited to attend but have regretfully declined. It's a bit too soon after Joan's and a bit too far for me to travel. (The spirit's willing, but the bladder...)
My kindest thoughts will be at Southwick - pronounced Suthick - in Hampshire on the day. My parents lived at Widley, a village close by, as did my Leader and I for the first few years of our marriage.
Unbeknown to me until many years later, John Tree and his wife, Bubbles, lived on the other side of the village from us, in the very road where my grandparents (on my mother's side) resided throughout WW2 and for some while thereafter.
A cliche, I know, but sometimes it really is a small world.
So to Tuesday of this week when we said happy hallos to Maureen's nephews Steve and Phil, the sons of her late (loved by the entire family) sister Jean Butler.
They - icy wind and snow squalls notwithstanding - ventured over from Gosport, Hants., for the day to take us out to lunch, reminisce, and generally make an elderly aunt and uncle feel wanted.
Despite the fact that they now qualify for bus passes, we still think of them as "the boys."
Over the years they have had their health problems, but neither has ever let illness keep him out of the work place for a single day more than the medics have deemed entirely necessary. The pair of them are a credit to their departed parents and thoroughly nice people to know.
So thanks again, boys. We'll try to make it over there to you for a day in summer.
TELEVISION.
Endeavour has been back.
All the leading actors (and those who back them up) are excellent. Roger Allam's DCI Fred Thursday is the best character currently on television.
The Walking Dead is back.
All the leading actors (and those who back them up) are excellent. Chandler Riggs's Carl Grimes (below) is the best character currently leaving television.
On a personal note: we have very much enjoyed your acting (and seeing you grow up) over the past six years, Chandler. Thank you and every good wish for the future.
Goodbyes and Hallos.
The one bright note was that her beloved little dog has been adopted and, our reliable informant tells us, is blissfully happy with its new owner.
She would like that.
The late John Tree's funeral service will take place on the mainland next week. I have been invited to attend but have regretfully declined. It's a bit too soon after Joan's and a bit too far for me to travel. (The spirit's willing, but the bladder...)
My kindest thoughts will be at Southwick - pronounced Suthick - in Hampshire on the day. My parents lived at Widley, a village close by, as did my Leader and I for the first few years of our marriage.
Unbeknown to me until many years later, John Tree and his wife, Bubbles, lived on the other side of the village from us, in the very road where my grandparents (on my mother's side) resided throughout WW2 and for some while thereafter.
A cliche, I know, but sometimes it really is a small world.
So to Tuesday of this week when we said happy hallos to Maureen's nephews Steve and Phil, the sons of her late (loved by the entire family) sister Jean Butler.
They - icy wind and snow squalls notwithstanding - ventured over from Gosport, Hants., for the day to take us out to lunch, reminisce, and generally make an elderly aunt and uncle feel wanted.
Despite the fact that they now qualify for bus passes, we still think of them as "the boys."
Over the years they have had their health problems, but neither has ever let illness keep him out of the work place for a single day more than the medics have deemed entirely necessary. The pair of them are a credit to their departed parents and thoroughly nice people to know.
So thanks again, boys. We'll try to make it over there to you for a day in summer.
TELEVISION.
Endeavour has been back.
All the leading actors (and those who back them up) are excellent. Roger Allam's DCI Fred Thursday is the best character currently on television.
The Walking Dead is back.
All the leading actors (and those who back them up) are excellent. Chandler Riggs's Carl Grimes (below) is the best character currently leaving television.
On a personal note: we have very much enjoyed your acting (and seeing you grow up) over the past six years, Chandler. Thank you and every good wish for the future.
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