"Sweet and Sour"

A group of youth on bicycles regularly treat our retirement village as their play ground. Often they are very sweet. Two of them (obscured by the bush) are in this photo, speaking with one of the other residents in the village. But they can also be quite sour when they are caught trying to get into the apartments, using profanities and even doing a "down trou".

Some of the elderly residents of the village are not as robust as others. So we have asked the police to take an interest.

Cancer in the family.

Frank, aged 84 and one of the community that I look after, had a good chat with me Yesterday. We were driving along with just the two of us in the car. He asked me about the two of my family members who had died of cancer. He has a younger brother Pat who had a successful operation for cancer on his neck a couple of weeks ago. He starts radiation therapy this week.

We did not speak about anything profound. I shared a little of my experience and he shared some of his concern. It was just an occasion when a couple of blokes connected. More was said in what was not said.

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Sunday Morning Ritual

I went out to post a letter this morning and saw this young man walking down the street barefooted. On my way back, he was ahead of me carrying the Sunday newspaper. I thought, "A Sunday morning ritual".
Well, I had better get ready for Church, one of my Sunday morning rituals!