Tag Archives: death

Poet has entered the building

Still on the theme of returning to writing after a hiatus caused by illness. (#1032) Continue reading

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too late

My uncle Ron died last evening in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was almost 100 years old. Blind from the age of seventeen, he was a driving force in the CNIB, and a genuinely kind man, a secular saint. (#1011) Continue reading

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ragged ends

A huge percentage of older people are widows. Grief underlies everything they do. (#1004) Continue reading

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