My Mum

Three years ago today my lovely Mum was 'Promoted to Glory' and although I
was privileged to be with her when she died there is not a day goes by that I
don't miss her dreadfully.
Writing about someone you love and you've lost is
incredibly difficult and I'm not even going to try. Instead I want to share a
poem with you that over the past three years I have found to be of immense
comfort.

Death is Nothing at All

Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)


Death is nothing at all.
I have only slipped away into the next room,
I am and you are you,
Whatever we were to each other that we still are.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way, which you always used,
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow,
Laugh as we always laughed,
At the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect,
Without the trace of a shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant,
It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity,
Why should I be out of mind,
Because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval,
Somewhere very near,
Just around the corner, all is well.

To my Mum thank you. Thank you for your love, your laughter,your sense of fun, your drive, your determination but most of all thank you forbeing my Mum.
I will alway love you. God bless xx

Election Fever hits Clunbury

The events in Westminster seem so far removed from life in Clunbury. The comings and goings of MPs, the cabinet reshuffle, does it really involve us in our own little world of cows, sheep and baby foxes. Sadly it does and will do in the future. Personally I think Gordon Brown should dissolve Parliament, call a General Election and let the people have their say. If he does or not remains to be seen but I won’t hold my breath.

In the meantime though, we had our own little bit of excitement in Clunbury on Thursday when election fever hit the village. Okay so I’m exaggerating, it wasn’t a fever, not even a slightly raised temperature but we went out and did our bit. When I went down to vote the polling station was quieter than a church after a funeral. The two guys sitting there looked as if I’d woken them up but they still managed a smile. Things did pick up when Chris and Dan went down to vote though and our County Councillor was returned to the Council Chambers.

Now we wait for the European results, will they reflect the mood of the country, we shall see?