Death as the Prize

In my family, the ever-present promise, weirdly made as if the ultimate achievement

The author with the Eric Morecambe statue on Morecambe Bay 2010. Author’s own photo.

My mother was obsessed with death.

Given my own close encounter with death this last week and a bit (not my first), this is a time to be reminded of such things.

Whether I want to be or not.