The list is getting longer all the time, and some of it seems downright unreasonable – for the life of me I cannot see what is feathery strokery about a man drinking a smoothie. Personally I don’t favour a man in a cardigan but that isn’t on their list, so I could ask them to include it, and they would with pleasure, but why ruin a man’s life A whole category of lives, in fact

F is also for Funeral. I am not one to ‘gloat’ but it’s nice to see who I’ve outlived. Also a funeral is a great day out: you meet everyone, you get a glass of wine and something to eat. Frequently you get a sit-down meal. I have already picked out the clothes I’m going to wear for my funeral. Although that won’t be for a very long time yet. Mr Walsh often says to me, ‘Mary, you’ll outlive them all.’ And he’s right (for once): I will.

F is also for ‘False Goodbyes’. This is a ‘thing’ that Anna alerted me to – she can be very intuitive betimes, can Anna, she can ‘put’ her finger right on something. Instead of trying