FAREWELL TO RICHARD INGRAM

Today (Thursday) is Richard's funeral, and for various family related reasons I cannot leave North Devon today. Richard Freeman is at another funeral in Nuneaton, so there will be no CFZ presence at the ceremony, which if you would like to attend is - I believe - at 4:00 at Exeter Crematorium.

However, I asked Andy Phillipson, a friend of us all and a Bard affiliated to the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids, who is rapidly becoming the de facto Padre of the CFZ, for a few words to speed Richard on his way to the next stage of the great adventure:

For Richard

Birth, life, death and rebirth

In an eternal circle

Your soul a blessing to this Earth

Your passion still warming all who knew you

The wheel has turned, your soul flies free, returning to spirit

Your rebirth, that you are remembered always by those who love you

Go well Richard

Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry; I am not there. I did not die. Mary Elizabeth Frye