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Sat, 06 June 2009 20:35

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Location: Worcester, England
Registered: January 2005
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I've posted a number of times here about my father, from whom I was estranged for many years, and who my brother and I finally went to Canada to visit last summer - the first time we'd seen him for 28 years..

I learned today (6th June) that my father died on 27th May. It is - alas - typical that it's taken this long to hear, through the roundabout route of his most recent ex-wife mentioning it in a long and abusive answerphone message left on my brothers phone while he was away on holiday for a fortnight ...

I feel rather numb about this at present - no doubt it will hit me in some way tomorrow. I'm supposed to be at work, as it's our big "Open Studios" weekend - perhaps it will be a useful distraction.

"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. ... Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night devoid of stars." Martin Luther King

		Not unexpected, but .. By: NW on Sat, 06 June 2009 20:35
		Re: Not unexpected, but .. By: kupuna on Sat, 06 June 2009 21:32
		Re: Not unexpected, but .. By: acam on Sun, 07 June 2009 08:01
		Re: Not unexpected, but .. By: JimB on Sun, 07 June 2009 13:13
		Re: Not unexpected, but .. By: timmy on Fri, 12 June 2009 21:01
		Re: Not unexpected, but .. By: Deeej on Sat, 13 June 2009 06:27

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