Friday, November 22, 2024

Final Things


What more perfect occupation for a dreary November day with snow in the offing than updating our folder of Important Information for our survivors?

I put this compilation together about seven years ago and, unsurprisingly, a good bit of the important info has changed or is no longer important. 

All this in hopes that it won't be needed for a good while and that I'll need to update it at some time down the road.

The relevance was driven home by an email to let me know that an old and dear friend on the other side of the country is nearing her end, gracefully and gallantly as was always her wont. 

Compounding the somber mood is that I'm currently listening to Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go--beautifully written and read but not exactly cheerful.

We're none of us getting out of this alive



 

5 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

Sue has made a folder, and we update it yearly as necessary.

Barbara Rogers said...

And I just received (I guess I sent for it) a packet of the final forms in the mail. Time to make sure all is in order. First SNOW here this morning!! Can't let that slip by!

Marcia said...

Snow there? And you're south of here. We've had blessed rain but not enough to wipe out the deficit. Streams are mere trickles and forest fires are a threat.
We have a binder of important information.

jennyfreckles said...

What a good idea, but I hope it's not needed for a long time.

Anonymous said...

I did not send you an email about knee surgery..I was hacked.addressnowgone!