tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post1808052902993695150..comments2023-11-01T00:38:49.400+11:00Comments on Ampersand Duck: The end is the beginningAmpersand Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-79769117150720379492008-06-03T11:58:00.000+10:002008-06-03T11:58:00.000+10:00Aah, there is too much cancer around, taking too m...Aah, there is too much cancer around, taking too many good people. <BR/>Youngest daughter's boyfriend and his friends buried their media teacher yesterday here in Melbourne - not quite fifty, leaving family behind also, obviously as well as some inspired students. I believe there was an invitation out to contribute to painting his coffin, so hoped it helps the young ones get through this awful time. I should have cooked them something sustaining yesterday, but was a bit stuffed myself and it didn't happen. <BR/>I am sorry I did not see this post earlier, Duck. Hugs to you and your aunt in lovely Tumut.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-71003967787547827882008-06-02T18:20:00.000+10:002008-06-02T18:20:00.000+10:00Sorry to hear about your auntie Duck. It sounds li...Sorry to hear about your auntie Duck. It sounds like the funeral was a beautiful celebration of her life.<BR/><BR/>And what lovely things she taught you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-39094840721466117142008-06-01T13:56:00.000+10:002008-06-01T13:56:00.000+10:00ah Duck, glad that it was a celebration, sounds li...ah Duck, glad that it was a celebration, sounds like there was lots of positive energy... the best way to get through (or at least start the process) the death of someone you love. thoughts'n'hugs'n'stuff.worldpeace and a speedboathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735857941964784431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-49553952013093021102008-05-31T10:27:00.000+10:002008-05-31T10:27:00.000+10:00i'm glad to hear that the day went well :) but sad...i'm glad to hear that the day went well :) <BR/><BR/>but sadder to hear that she was someone i knew too (though obviously only as another resident of the same town. I think i know / knew your aunt on the right a little better. very small world. hope she's doing ok after such devestating times.brazen's craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534482107572237882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-78568514804951545172008-05-31T10:23:00.001+10:002008-05-31T10:23:00.001+10:00That line didn't work: one needed rescuing, the ot...That line didn't work: <BR/><BR/>one needed rescuing, the other *was/is* a rescuer.<BR/><BR/>that's better.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-42793849336299330242008-05-31T10:23:00.000+10:002008-05-31T10:23:00.000+10:00karen: thanks for de-lurking! Yes, they are from T...karen: thanks for de-lurking! Yes, they are from Tumut. Well spotted :)<BR/><BR/>Fifi: the lost auntie was a fantastic writer and thinker, the left auntie a devoted reader. One needing rescuing, the other a rescuer. I have been lucky, and so has anyone else who has known them as a couple. We should all be so lucky to be that happy in a relationship, really.<BR/><BR/>Y'all: thanks. It was an amazing day, full of blubbing and hugging and incredible women-centred stories of friendship and feminist action. I met up with women I hadn't seen since my youth, and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I think the boys did too, which is a good thing.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-52117198725755760522008-05-30T22:29:00.000+10:002008-05-30T22:29:00.000+10:00So sorry to read of your auntie's, and your, loss ...So sorry to read of your auntie's, and your, loss of your other auntie. They both sound like women to treasure in one's life.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-13387936380299161452008-05-30T22:23:00.000+10:002008-05-30T22:23:00.000+10:00I'm sorry to read about your auntie's death, and I...I'm sorry to read about your auntie's death, and I hope the funeral is a beautiful remembrance of her.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468525346795325275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-21585040910675519782008-05-30T18:46:00.000+10:002008-05-30T18:46:00.000+10:00Take care &duck. Sorry to hear of your loss, and l...Take care &duck. Sorry to hear of your loss, and loss of opportunity. I like how your youngest auntie doesn't look all that much older than you. it's a lovely photo.Mummy/Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353892248492164501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-58552345469200968262008-05-30T16:05:00.000+10:002008-05-30T16:05:00.000+10:00Gosh. I have this mental image of you from when yo...Gosh. I have this mental image of you from when you posted that distorted shot from photo-booth . Funny to remind myself that you don't REALLY look like that...<BR/><BR/><BR/>You appear to be part of the family of my dreams, which has such people in it. I could DO with an auntie like that, and am infinitely sorry that one has left the world.<BR/><BR/>But as long as you draw breath, she is here: in your work, your thoughts, the wonderful words with which you articulate your world. And thus here she is with us all. Spreading ever outward and onward.<BR/><BR/>Sing for her from me. I love the way you think and write, if she has been part of that, I thank her for it.<BR/><BR/>xfifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-61914389126918526192008-05-30T14:37:00.000+10:002008-05-30T14:37:00.000+10:00xxxxZoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-48055636919686875762008-05-30T11:21:00.000+10:002008-05-30T11:21:00.000+10:00I too am very sorry, Duck. But at least it sounds ...I too am very sorry, Duck. But at least it sounds as though the ceremonials will be done with love and thoroughness.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8632542.post-5699553459022296022008-05-30T11:01:00.000+10:002008-05-30T11:01:00.000+10:00i'm so sorry to hear about your auntie :(your aunt...i'm so sorry to hear about your auntie :(<BR/><BR/>your aunties look so familiar though, i don't suppose they live in tumut?<BR/><BR/>from a lurker who found you through a food blog (but i forget which one lol)<BR/>karenbrazen's craftshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04534482107572237882noreply@blogger.com