I went out with my brother to a park not far from the funeral director he works for. I had quite a nice walk. My brother was fully dressed in funeral attire as he is on call. Which means day or night has to get up and meet the director to collect the deceased. As we were getting back into the car after the walk, the phone rang. Well, as he was so ( Read more... )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR BROTHER!

Yesterday it was my brother's 39th birthday. The most significant birthday present I gave John was a DVD of the very first film he ever recalls seeing, a Walt Disney film called "One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing". I think it’s quite remarkable that he remembers seeing this film at the tender age of two years!

The film is ( Read more... )

My Christmas was very nice though pretty quiet. I didn’t want any presents from my family this year as everyone is feeling the pitch. Though I got some presents all the same… my favourite being from my dear brother, as he really doesn’t have a great deal of money to spare (due to credit card bills he has been fighting with for some time). He got me ( Read more... )