Ann, New Book & Foggy Day = Gloomy life...

A gloomy day to start with an email alert from my iPhone brought unsettled feelings for coming summer, yeah the day that have waited anxiously and anticipated since mid 2007, Ann, my office colleague and mentor will retire soon. A new book for summer reading just arrived from Amazon.com could not console the feelings. A foggy day just brought down everything and the feelings just lingered around with the fog slowly blanketed the view.

The case of Derek Bentley tarnished British judiciary history when he was sentenced to death in 1953. The injustice death of Derek has become a landmark case to the abolition of death penalty. this book was written by her sister, Iris Bentley who fought her entire life to clear his name. Sadly, she could not celebrate the victory when she passed away of cancer in 1997, a year before Derek was cleared from the conviction.  

A foggy day brought down the feelings, sadness engulfed and the song, Angel by Sarah Mclachlan could not comfort the sadness on gloomy day...and summer this year won't be the same again.

ANGEL

*****

Spend all your time waiting

For that second chance

For a break that would make it okay

So always some reasons

To feel not good enough

And its hard at the end of the day

I need some distraction

Oh beautiful release

Memory seeps from my veins

Let me be empty

And weightless and maybe

I'll find some peace tonight

*****

In the arms of an angel

Fly away from here

From this dark cold hotel room

And the endlessness that you fear

You are pulled from the wreckage

Of your silent reverie

You're in the arms of the angel

May you find some comfort here

*****

So tired of the straight line

And every where you turn

There's vultures and thieves at your back

Storm keeps on twisting

You keep on building the lie

That you make up for all that you lack

It don't make no difference

Escaping one last time

It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh

This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees

*****

In the arms of an angel

Fly away from here

From this dark cold hotel room

And the endlessness that you fear

You are pulled from the wreckage

Of your silent reverie

You're in the arms of the angel

May you find some comfort here

You're in the arms of the angel

May you find some comfort here

*****

...Ann and her son, Matthew with the mountainous scenery behind them. Matthew was seriously injured and stranded for more than a week with his border collie-cross 'Little Dog', broke an ankle, a wrist and gashed his thigh after plunging 15 feet down a cliff while out hiking in the Southern Alps' remote Douglas Glacier early this month. He managed to walked down the terrain after a week in bad shape and was rescued by two hunters. Ann and hubby will emigrate to New Zealand sometimes this summer. I will miss her as my mentor and her departure is another blow for me and summer this year is really tough and not so kind to me...