RIP, Sonny

Pretty miserable day weatherwise, and most of it spent on computer, preparing powerpoint for sermon on Sunday - I get so befuddled by all that's possible that I forget what I'm actually trying to say...

And had the news confirmed that our next-door neighbour, from when we first bought this house in 1986, did die - on the operating table - on Wednesday. Feel depressed living in a society where your neighbour dies and you only know for sure two days later... what is our problem?? Privacy is definitely overrated.

His last words to us just a few days ago were asking us about Marmite, who he'd willingly fed when we were away in the summer, and you know something funny? The cat has seemed depressed ever since...