There has been a lot of stuff happened to me since Dad died. After the frenzy of organisation around the time of his death, the funeral and the rush back to work, I was suddenly silenced by grief. Left floundering in a way I have never experienced. I'll write more about this but the good news is, I am beginning to lift my head and smile at the world again.
Despite the occasion it was good to spend time in my old home town of Greenock in Scotland. The support from friends in the community was an inspiration. It's a community that has suffered badly from the death of the shipbuilding industry followed by the decline of IBM, the other major employer. It's a tough town in tough times but nonetheless people were incredibly supportive.
Still, I was reminded just how mad the place can be when a friend sent me this clipping (not sure which newspaper it first appeared in). It perversely made me proud to come from the old toon.