At the last the snow has gone, to be replaced by a really dismal day, with heavy cloud and heavy rain. It may not be as cold, but it feels colder, and inside St Augustine’s Church this morning it was icy indeed for Rosemary’s funeral, despite the warmth generated by a packed church. She had asked for bright-coloured clothes to be worn, so I wore my blue-white jacket, and I was not snug. But as I was representing the church by giving a eulogy for Rosemary, I thought I had better resist putting my windproof jacket on. It went quite well, I think, because no-one came up to me afterwards to remind me of things I had omitted. The music group had a shot at I am a new creation, and that was OK too, but Howard wielded the organ for the other hymns, chosen by Rosemary. Afterwards everyone repaired to the much, much warmer church hall for food and drink provided by the congregation, while clergy and family went up to the crematorium at Horsham St Faith. Altogether I think Rosemary would have approved.
Yesterday, before the rain, we went to see Avatar in 3D at the cinema with Annette and Mike, after they came round for a light meal. Slightly mixed about the film, but technically it was very impressive indeed. I think it worked well: not sure quite what I wasn’t sure about, and I won’t discuss it here in case anyone who reads it hasn’t seen the film. Definitely worth a visit, I’d say. Earlier in the day Dot got a chip in her car windscreen fixed by a mobile unit in Morrison’s car park and picked up some more fuel for the fire. I disposed of some paper and bottles in the recycling area as no recycling truck has been viewed in our vicinity since well before Christmas.
Earlier in the week I lost my fifth chess game in a row, then talked about poetry to some 7-11-year-olds at Costessey Junior School. That went quite well, though I feel I haven’t quite got it right yet. Still, the children produced some interesting stuff. Anne C postponed her visit because of thick snow in Derbyshire, so I’ll have to continue with preparing editorial training material without her input. May have to resort to emailing. I could probably manage that.
On Tuesday had a unique Tuesday Group at Howard’s, during which we read through about half of King David’s life story. This provoked some controversial debate, largely centering on the Amalekites, so I’ve done some research as a kind of follow-up for next week. They seem like a pretty unpleasant bunch. The debate aside, the food and wine from Howard were as always excellent. This was followed by an emergency DCC meeting at the vicarage on Wednesday to discuss matters arising from Rosemary’s death. Basically she did just about everything, and we’ll need about six people to replace her. In the absence of one or two key members I took the minutes, which proved quite challenging, but the atmosphere and co-operation was good. Vicky has put in an awful lot of work sorting out papers and money matters. Everyone’s worked pretty hard and without a word of complaint. Not that I’ve heard, anyway. They may all be complaining about me, of course.