Awake and up all night

Oh blimey Geoff - Sandwich in  Kent, of course. Helen knows we're a couple of crackpots by now.

About the publishing - it's a minefield and my scribblings won't be PC enough for the wokerati, so I'll keep them to myself; when I croak they can be left to posterity or consigned to the bin and no, they remain unseen.

So, we're both sulkpots.  My excuse is being the youngest of three and used to getting my own way. What's yours, my Huckleberry friend? xxx

Sandwich is where we live 

H

I've realised since Geoff gave a head's up.

You must think we're a pair of food obsessed lunatics!

Slinks off, looking sheepish...

LOL

H

Hi Gilly, same here my friend, offal was a staple growing up, even the dogs and cats had it especially the lights "lungs", and seemed so much healthier. I think sheep's head soup should be called lambs as its illegal to sell one over 12 months old,  though difficult to find, it not only tastes fab but is full of essential vitamins and minerals, and sweetbreads are traditionally thymus and pancreatic glands, and delicious, I think what you've been told is a load of balls. 

Thank you Gilly, but I'm sure you guys on here would have helped my new friend as well, nobody with so little time left should be treated so bluntly and basically abandoned, now she has 3 friends and info on all the local support available to her.

My little girl farms less than 10 mins away, a livestock farm, but they grow food for their animals too and for 6 of my grandkids, and we go, as a family, most Sundays for a big family dinner,  anything fom 11 to 18 of us fab, not much of a TV watcher so haven't heard of the Yorkshire vet, but like you hate animal cruelty, sadly it's seen as a trivial matter.

Anyway, are you both enjoying SKY, I hope you don't switch from healthy home cooking to TV meals.

love Eddie and Sheila xx 

Thank you Geoff,  but I'm nobody special my friend, just doing the decent thing,

I  read about your first day at the hospice and it's normal to come back with more questions than answers, at least you'll be better prepared for your 2nd visit.

This week was an arts and crafts week, we made a scarecrow for a local festival, as it's at St Mary's church, she's called Mary, and I  started a picture of an owl, like you my friend, I'm invariably the youngest and often the only guy, but that's fine by me, here's Mary.

Eddie xx 

Teehee, I thought it was likely the place in Kent she was referring to. Oh no, I just realised that I probably didn't realise you were being funny when writing about sandwiches. I'm such an idiot, I never get things!

I think it's a shame that nobody will see what you've written. Maybe you could go through some of it and edit things to make them more acceptable in today's crazy world.

My sulking excuse is the loneliness, not seeing my other half (if I even have her which is debatable), scared to go too far from home, what my future holds or doesn't hold. Ya know what I'm like by now, just the usual stuff.

I'm not sure what a huckleberry friend is, but I know it's a line from one of the most amazing songs ever written, "Moon River". I want to put that song in one of my videos, but I've struggled to find a way to license it properly. I'd even pay, I don't care, it would be worth it.

Geoff. x

No Eddie, TV meals won't happen as we both prefer home cooked food, and although not brilliant at it, I enjoy cooking.  At least I know what's going in!  Yes, enjoying Sky immensely and can't wait for the Arsenal match, whatever the outcome, as long as it's not a thrashing.

That's awful about your new friend, being left to pretty much cope by herself, so thank goodness for your group. I hope she'll be able to come to terms with the outlook eventually xx

Good lord, that's a huge family gathering - does everyone join in with the cooking, cos the most I've done was for six, apart from family buffets years ago.  Talking food again!

Love to you and Sheila xxx 

PS  your remark about sweetbreads!

No Geoff, I was totally naive and honestly thought Helen had been looking round tables, groaning under the weight of freshly cut sarnies and the place decked out with pleasing bunting, sporting sandwich motifs. As usual, food was uppermost in my mind, and if you hadn't given me that timely reminder it still would be. Cripes!

Huckleberry friend can have several connotations, but the most common meaning is an innocent and dependable friendship. I think we can claim that by now.  And no, I wouldn't consider editing my musings as that would detract from the main story. I haven't looked at the completed stuff for several years, but I'll bet a pound to a penny I'd hate them now.  It's usually the case that when you return to something you once considered a magnum opus, it always looks like a crock of you know what. And the crazed ramblings of someone who belongs in a straight jacket!

Football for us now, so ttfn for a while xxx

Hi Gilly, same here my friend, cooking is one of life's pleasures, and there are many wonderful meals you can make in under 19 minutes, ang I'm glad your enjoying SKY, I  switched to Virgin as it has better WiFi and parental controls, but SKY did  have a feature where you can switch from the regular commentators to a couple of fans, 1 from each team which I liked.

It's so tough being terminal without being abandoned as well, and I  hope my many years in healthcare, quite a few counselling sessions, and personal experience counted for something,  we managed to get her some counselling on Monday, from a Friend who's a wonderful  counsellor, not mine, and our little group will meet up wherever she needs us, we even set up a WhatsApp group for her.

Sunday dinner on the farm is fab, and my contribution, with help from my eldest is desert, usually cheesecake or crumbles, we've been having them for about 25 years now and if its nice enough to eat outside it's even more special, and yes if your over 5yo you help out.

Well my friend the match isn't far off, so I'll  not post you for a while, and hopefully Leeds put in a good performance, and VAR isn't home team biased.

love Eddie and Sheila xx