Category Archives: Juliet

We’ve given Mum a send off, though not quite the one she deserved. Everything went without a hitch in the end, despite my road being closed for the day. Richard, Michael, Jeni and Ross arrived from Scotland via cousin Debbie’s, complete with delicious lemon cakes from Debbie. Leon and Lily came from Cardiff and weContinue reading “Juliet, Holloway, 18 May 2020”

Just a day to go until Mum’s funeral now. It will be an in-and-out affair with everyone setting out to drive home straight away and no wake. In the end I’ve decided to leave the eulogy to the celebrant and have given him all the information he needs. Dad was going to write a poemContinue reading “Juliet, Holloway, 17 April 2020”

Things going a lot better with Dad since yesterday, I’m glad to report. He’s getting his appetite back and coughing less. He seems much better in himself. I’ve explained the situation to his cleaner Tracie (“Wonderwoman” as he and his friend Bill call her – she’s a kick-boxer in her spare time). She’s wary ofContinue reading “Juliet, Holloway, 16 May 2020”

Two things happened yesterday evening: we failed to complete Dad’s coronavirus test procedure because Dad misplaced the piece of paper with the required barcodes on it (or it never arrived) and I got a second letter from the Welsh authorities extending my recommendation to stay at home until 15 June, and possibly even longer (I’mContinue reading “Juliet, Holloway, 14 May 2020”

Still a bit chillier than recently, but walked up to Dethick church as usual. On the way, both the people I happened to stop and chat to had recently lost elderly relatives in local care homes. It sounded as though there’d been a horrible inevitability about the end in both cases. With nobody going inContinue reading “Juliet, Holloway, 13 May 2020”