tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post300232072765498764..comments2023-10-19T12:56:09.574+00:00Comments on literascribe: The Not So Merry Month of MayLorna Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-91367631445632374342010-06-05T13:33:35.446+00:002010-06-05T13:33:35.446+00:00MOB - thanks so much for your comments. We were ab...MOB - thanks so much for your comments. We were able to stay for part of the wake - there's a kind of surreal contrast between the graveside section and the ordering drinks at the bar and eating wee sandwiches section of these affairs. We had to leave in time to get to Aberdeen for that evening's train but at least it was a chance to have said hello, however briefly, to the clan. Oh, and by the way, I did have black pudding while I was up there - possibly the best I've ever had! Like haggis, I try not to think too much about what it actually consists of! xx<br /><br />Denise - I'm so glad you're feeling the editing course has been of benefit to you. Look forward to seeing you in Winchester! xLorna Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10902741383469719107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-32461896443285715332010-05-31T19:40:15.989+00:002010-05-31T19:40:15.989+00:00I'm glad the bug is finally retreating, and yo...I'm glad the bug is finally retreating, and you can look forward to a better June. Even though you say you were tired, I've certainly reaped the rewards of your editing course. I now have some structure to what I'm doing, and am feeling a great deal less bewildered!Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843258016706999464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5874888511895059748.post-49367631105678724072010-05-31T17:24:03.965+00:002010-05-31T17:24:03.965+00:00Well as a fellow Scot, far removed from home, I ca...Well as a fellow Scot, far removed from home, I can understand only too well the demands of job and family commitments and being pulled in multiple directions. I too have missed the passing of a loved one only to make it to the funeral with a dash back down south to honour my other commitments here. I missed out on the wake and that rite of passage to sit with family and laugh and cry and bond again as families often do at these events. We Scots, like the Irish, enjoy a good wake and give the departed a good old send-off. I think missing out on that makes the grieving process a bit more isolated as we miss the support of the clan. I get homesick when I go home, it gets harder to leave even though I have a great life down here. We straddle two cultural worlds and each time an older member of the family dies, we lose that link to our parents. Hope you are feeling better - stock up on tattie scones, black pudding and link sausages and have a memorial breakfast!menopausaloldbag (MOB)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04320287770097378027noreply@blogger.com