I smiled at the thought of being a scallywag. Lovely compliment. @PeppiPatty

@Dear Loopy is no more my Peppi.

I also wonder about @hiddenite and others.

My language was much more tight and formal and even tough and bolshie when I first posted. Like a snakeskin I needed to shed a lot of the naked raw pain. Just get the story out of me.

You and @Mazarita @Faith-and-Hope @Former-Member and lots of other posters helped soften me up.

I had a terse tone and was a bit confrontational, a prickly old dragon maybe.  How dare the world not care about my loved ones.  At least in this corner of the world that is changing and people are caring.

I am coping with my dead cat. He is in a box in the front hall.  Can it wait til after boxing day or is that pushing it too long? 

You are gorgeous and encouraging @Former-Member

A very different style to me. I tend to be earthier but vive le difference.