tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post1695869207556316951..comments2024-03-29T07:54:24.161+00:00Comments on TONE DEAF: Reduced to simple messagesRoderick Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-43986383405656219862013-12-08T07:01:33.464+00:002013-12-08T07:01:33.464+00:00B2: The second time in our wider family. One is le...B2: The second time in our wider family. One is left looking at a shell that is, but isn't, the person you know. I'm not given to religious concepts but it's as if the soul had gone first. Just about the most poignant sense of loss ever devised; we are left doing the thinking.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-69804489718930647132013-12-07T19:57:10.703+00:002013-12-07T19:57:10.703+00:00The family Blonde Two has also been touched by Alz...The family Blonde Two has also been touched by Alzheimer's. I usually have lots of words about it mostly sad ones, but I think you got it just right. Sometimes least said is more.Blonde Twohttp://twoblondeswalking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-86117237297540546662013-12-02T09:03:11.519+00:002013-12-02T09:03:11.519+00:00RW (zS): I appreciate your feelings. Logistics is ...RW (zS): I appreciate your feelings. Logistics is something of a bastard: Sir Hugh lives 80 miles away from Nick, I live 233 miles away. Mercifully, Katie, Nick's loving daughter, lives in the same town. We'll see.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-85888089993826552752013-12-01T18:00:02.705+00:002013-12-01T18:00:02.705+00:00Thank goodness Nick has two very caring brothers o...Thank goodness Nick has two very caring brothers on his side. Sending messages on these postcards is a wonderful idea, and I'm glad we live in a time in which these things are possible. I'll keep all of you in my heart and thoughts.Rouchswalwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01393987883437907945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-78978858869993579512013-12-01T07:23:05.848+00:002013-12-01T07:23:05.848+00:00All: Reading your valuable comments I became aware...All: Reading your valuable comments I became aware of your sympathy's geographic "width". There was added poignancy there.<br /><br />Recently I had reason to direct someone to the short story I wrote about an elderly East German woman working in a gent's lavatory in Hamburg. I note I apologised in advance for using "semi-naughty" words. In fact they were associated with characteristic dialogue and probably required no apology. <br /><br />Here I used one on my own behalf. Since I am not sustained by any belief in a super-natural after-life or any beneficent plan on behalf of me and mine, I felt the need to spit in the eye of the things that go wrong randomly. I don't normally resort to swear-words hoping to be able to make use of a wider vocabulary. And by present-day standards this one is comparatively familiar. It just seemed to fit.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-65142392526333720022013-11-30T18:52:37.444+00:002013-11-30T18:52:37.444+00:00Alzheimer's is sad for everyone but perhaps sa...Alzheimer's is sad for everyone but perhaps saddest for those who are close. To have seen my Mother, a bright and kind person, fade into the state you describe, was a period of prolonged pain for me and my brothers. Sympathies to you and Sir Hugh. Allow yourselves space for sentiment if not for mush.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-10565093135170060962013-11-30T16:31:15.398+00:002013-11-30T16:31:15.398+00:00Very sad, and yet the postcard idea is brilliant a...Very sad, and yet the postcard idea is brilliant and touching. Best to all three of you.Bethhttp://www.cassandrapages.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-60834231666774729772013-11-30T14:17:35.188+00:002013-11-30T14:17:35.188+00:00J can only echo what the others have written, Robb...J can only echo what the others have written, Robbie, especially Mike's last sentence.<br /><br />Very sorry this heartbreak has hit you three musketeers, and your families.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04846997590157958766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-38498329645308785442013-11-30T12:31:50.482+00:002013-11-30T12:31:50.482+00:00Don't underestimate your ability to convey,RR....Don't underestimate your ability to convey,RR. The feeling is very much evident. mike Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6644918126688721788.post-31501339821089065152013-11-30T08:32:17.845+00:002013-11-30T08:32:17.845+00:00Oh Roderick, how sad it is to have your younger br...Oh Roderick, how sad it is to have your younger brother afflicted so. Creating photo postcards for him wtih little stories of past happy times is a wonderful thing to do, to to help him remember. <br /><br />All the best to you and your family, marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.com