16th anniversary

16 years ago today mum died.
a surreal day that ended with a chinese takeaway and us taking it in turns to go and sit with her body and have a bit of a chat before the undertakers came to take her for autopsy because she had died at home, and then back down to Lulworth.

reading:  still on Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
cooking:  lamb stew with orange and pearl barley
watching:  Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold