tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599677908548805489.post1941298047092361920..comments2024-03-28T07:10:55.059+00:00Comments on Apples and Roses: In Honour of Our Patriarchs Mrs McLeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599677908548805489.post-78956082807875087062019-06-29T18:08:03.928+00:002019-06-29T18:08:03.928+00:00Oh, horrible. I'm so sorry about your friend a...Oh, horrible. I'm so sorry about your friend and your relative and this poor young man--and his sister! <br /><br />In more cheerful (?) news I decided against the hens because we don't have secure fences and I was concerned about our less sociable neighbours. This will make things easier, too, when we get our puppy. Puppies and hens are not a good mix, apparently.Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599677908548805489.post-80023241634839401922019-06-29T11:55:24.897+00:002019-06-29T11:55:24.897+00:00I sometimes do wonder how you fit your family, job...I sometimes do wonder how you fit your family, job, languages, gym, hens??, friends, prayer and reading all those books on your list into a week.<br /><br />I really like the ground-up organised Men's Sheds. I don't know if you have them there. I have a friend who committed suicide when we were around 20, his stepfather and mam went on to have children together and I think he felt isolated. Then he took to the drink. His voice is exactly that of The Butcher Boy film's narrator. I remember looking through the credits to see if he had a secret film career. I miss him. Likewise a relative who smoked cannabis and then job went out the window, depression then suicide. My friend, a priest, just asked me to pray for a young chap who killed himself this week a few hours after bringing his folks to the airport, found by his sister. RIP all of them. I think it is very hard to be a man hoping for respect and feeling entitled to a dedicated, valued place in the world today. We have become very vicious towards men and women columnists (not your good self, clearly) are often at the pot, stirring the poison.<br /><br />Sinéad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com