SIBBS Newsletter, Autumn 2020

SIBBS Newsletter, Autumn 2020 | www.tcf.org.uk 7 Heartfelt thanks to Rachel, Clare and Emma for sharing their contributions. The Terry Pratchet quote mentioned by Clare follows: “ “ My brother Nicholas died in a road accident in March 2019. During lockdown I have been watching these glorious flowers from my office window, which have grown from a single plant he gave us years ago. At his funeral I read a piece from the end of Terry Pratchett’s Reaper Man which says that nobody has truly gone until the ripples they make in the world die away. These flowers are a beautiful ripple, one of so many that Nicholas left with us despite being the quietest and most self-contained of people. Photo and words by Clare Offer “ “ In the Ramtop village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away—until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.