Wrapping it up

End-of-year wraps

3 Jan

Right. I’ve just learned a very hard lesson in a very relatable manner. I wrote a big old blog post and somehow lost it all. Ugh. Well, there’s nothing for it but to start again.

So, the end-of-year obit wrap. Who’s a fan? I am! I really enjoy the opportunity to settle into a comfy chair and read once again about the lives of people who made a splash in my world, in one way or another. Quite often I read about someone I’d never heard of before and learn something new! And in the case of those I am missing terrible (hello Jane Goodall, Diane Keaton), I can read about them again and remind myself what it was about them that I admired so much.

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To save you the trouble, here is a list of some obit collections I’ve read. Yes, they are all about ‘famous’ people which is one of my gripes because there are a whole lot of non-famous people with remarkable lives too. We just don’t get to hear about them as much, sadly.

I find it fascinating to see who is chosen and why, who becomes the lead image and how the headline is written. There is a lot of remembering and losing.