This is a poem I heard read just a few days ago at a work colleagues funeral. It could just as well refer to our wonderful dog who we lost in August of last year.
It’s a beautiful poem with wonderful sentiment. I believe it is quite popular at funerals, however it’s the first reading of it I have ever heard.
Peace.
What book are you reading right now?
Nice and simple. I am currently reading this 900+ page book by the author Andrew Roberts. I have an absolute thirst for history, and as a child at school history lessons touched on people such as Napoleon but that was it, they never really delved deep into the characters of these individuals and you only ever heard about particular successes or failures. In this case Napoleon was only ever mentioned as someone that the Duke of Wellington defeated. However the real story is very different.
Napoleon was very much an old style Micro manager if you like, a very complex and fascinating individual who was an extremely talented military and social tactician. Winston Churchill looked upon him as one of the most influential tacticians and military leaders of modern history, he was an extremely talented individual. The book covers his entire life and not just the battles, and that is what is different. You get to read what encouraged and influenced him and how his humble upbringing shaped his life. A great book, for lovers of history.
What are you doing this evening?
To be honest I’m not really sure. I suspect as I have work tomorrow it will be shower, and to bed. I’m currently reading some Charles Dickens book that I should have read years ago, so I suppose I will do that until I feel tired and then drift into a lovely deep sleep.
Now that’s not going to happen is it? My brain will wake up when I go horizontal and throw silly questions into the night such as, “Why do penguins live in the cold?” And “Why are there so many stars in the sky?” And lots of other irrelevant observations. So I’m probably planning an interrupted nights sleep and I’m going to wake in the morning miserable as sin and like Alf Garnet on acid (he’s a miserable sod from the 70s who was a tv character)
So that’s my evening sorted.
Not jealous are you 😂
Have a super day.
Describe one habit that brings you joy.
I’ve been trying to think of something different as I guess quite a few people will answer this question similarly to me.
I guess it’s reading. I’m fortunate to be able to read, my eyes have experienced some issues in recent years and temporarily losing my sight, only for part of a day two years ago when I had a mini seizure, really made me appreciate what I have got. It’s more of an ability than a habit, but once you believe you are losing that ability it becomes habitual.
I read a lot. I read pretty much anything that’s put in front of me and I especially like technical papers.
I don’t like fictional type funny enough, it has to be “real” for me.
So that’s it. Reading. It brings me immense joy.
Happiness to you all 🙏
Foxes Den 
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