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The Reunion

December 7, 2021 By Mike Sedgwick 5 Comments

We gathered once again for the 65th anniversary of our first meeting in the university’s Anatomy Department. Eight of us are left, but another eight are still living in the far corners of the world. We were like a copse of trees, saplings, whips and small shoots to begin with. We needed to be nurtured and trained in our respective careers.

Reunion

Now, in the late Autumn, we are a dying wood. Our abilities fall away like autumn leaves; our branches crack and tumble. What remains creaks with decay and degeneration within. The killing winter frosts will soon finish us all. [Read more…] about The Reunion

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Christmas Cards

December 15, 2018 By chippy minton 11 Comments

Christmas Cards on display

I’ve been writing my Christmas cards this weekend.  I’ve been using pretty much the same Christmas Card list that I’ve used for the last few years and it always strikes me that it contains a couple of anomalies.

Firstly, there are the people for whom our only communication is the annual Christmas card.  Should I still bother sending them cards?  Secondly, there are the people I know won’t send me a card.  Should I still bother sending them cards? [Read more…] about Christmas Cards

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