It's been an odd day here. Some blog posts were deleted today and I decided to step away from Facebook for a bit. I'm learning the limits of 'what else I can do while writing' and having FB available just doesn't work for me.
I've been homesick for New Zealand. Dad's brother had a fall last week and so I spent a few evenings talking with Dad via skype. It was sad knowing he was spending his days at the hospital, watching Uncle Brian slip away. They couldn't save him. The funeral was last Friday.
Uncle Brian was a butcher by trade but when I think back to my most vivid memories of him they seem to involve those backyard games of cricket played by families, and their neighbours, all over New Zealand during summer.
I think Brian might have been a Speights man back then too. Like Dad. I think all of them were, and I don't think he would mind the link. That series of adverts usually makes kiwis smile some.
You will be missed, Brian Mackey.