Ashes to ashes

Bizarre twist to yesterday's funeral. The car carrying Gid's coffin was involved in a crash on the way to the service. The driver was hospitalised with whiplash and a replacement hearse had to be found, delaying the service by an hour or so. Perhaps it's not just life that happens when you're panning other things, but death gets a look-in too. I have a long history of providing music for special occasions but I don't think

I've had one of my songs played at a funeral before. Two young members of Gid's family played and sang a beautiful version of Ain't Gonna Hold Your Hand No More, which threw a completely new light on the words. And now I just received a beautiful handwritten card from a dear friend - the picture on the front says 'Enjoy Life', which is probably not too wide of the mark. A handwritten card will always be more precious than an email because of the effort and delayed time involved. Isn't there a Ghandi quote about there being more to life than increasing its speed?

Okay, that's quite enough of other people's quotes for one day.