OJ Before Sad News

Kick starting the day at the back bar, so called because it is literally back to back with our patio.

Little did I know it would be the day that The Queen passed away at the age of 96. The news of the doctors’ concern sent a shiver of foreboding through me, and I discreetly checked my phone news feed during a long session on-line.

Dd and I hugged when her death was announced…such a presence in our lives. I phoned Mum to see how she was feeling and she said, ‘As long as she was alive I felt I was alright, now she’s gone I feel exposed.’ Mum is 96 herself. She then asked me to make sure her own funeral service took place in Paisley Abbey, now that her own church of St. James has closed.