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Maybe the owner of the shroud accidentally put it in the wash, and, to cover his mistake, made a new one.
Or maybe the whole question is (sadly) moot!
That sun won't set for a while yet

I didn't notice much background noise...maybe that's my tinnitus :) I always enjoy your ability to observe and capture 'characters'; these are people others see...but don't have the artist's eye, or don't have (or want) the ability to see beyond their own noses. I know so many people like them; in a...

Thank you Aj.
I might have put this up before. It's a speech that, I think, gives a reason why some elderly people fear death. I'll let this wonderful old man explain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0FIFsgxJV4
Regards

Knees and shoulders and elbows and hips and feet and fingers and.... Indeed, they didn't even register as bits of us...until they start to 'play-up' :roll: Sorry to hear about your significant bits misbehaving I quite like the analogy of becoming an apprentice again, realising there are new things t...

Hey Phil,
Growing-old aches/pains, the way gravity exacerbates them and the way it (almost) seems to conspire to create an acceptance of moving on to the 'next phase'
Thanks for your comment.
Regards

Recently read an article about a novelist who set himself a target of 100 rejections
There's a man who knows the business...and revels in the challenge!
And he published

I feel my weight now, not always, just an occasional sense of it, like when I stand too long in a queue or work. My insides protest, as they squash, contort and ache. I'm no heavier than I was 20 years ago, it's the same gravity, and yet it works harder. In bed, in those weightless moments just befo...

Forgot to say how perfect the title is...aspen being separate trees with shared roots

Hi Linda, (great to have you back :D ) Yes, I've been through 'the process' with my late father-in-law (Austin), and I'm gaining more experience now with my father's protracted journey; much of this is witnessing the tragic lives of other patients. The neglect they experience because the health syst...