<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Death-and-Loss on Late Blooms</title><link>/categories/death-and-loss/</link><description>Recent content in Death-and-Loss on Late Blooms</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/categories/death-and-loss/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>DEATH</title><link>/posts/death/</link><pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/death/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_4832&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignleft&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;1000&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2021/Death/i-PnKv8fH/0/NQ6qSVfrQdKk9pQdgFMnMsZ966pnS77BnCQ6j6XF6/D/Angel-of-Death-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2021/Death/i-PnKv8fH/0/NQ6qSVfrQdKk9pQdgFMnMsZ966pnS77BnCQ6j6XF6/D/Angel-of-Death-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ldquo;Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things.&amp;rdquo; ~ Arthur Schopenhauer[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is death anyone&amp;rsquo;s favourite topic?  Death has always been a heavy topic for me and most people I know shy away from any discussion around the topic whenever it comes up.  It&amp;rsquo;s as though not talking about it will make it go away.  I&amp;rsquo;m talking here about physical death - that of a loved one or beloved pet.  There&amp;rsquo;s no impermanence about physical death.  We never get to see our loved one again in this life.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Left Behind</title><link>/posts/left-behind/</link><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/posts/left-behind/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;My companion and friend departed this world yesterday.   She was not a human - but a cat.  Nothing in my life had ever prepared me for this kind of love or loss.  I&amp;rsquo;m writing this as a tribute/memorial to her as much as to help myself  to deal with my feelings around losing her.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[caption id=&amp;ldquo;attachment_30&amp;rdquo; align=&amp;ldquo;alignnone&amp;rdquo; width=&amp;ldquo;525&amp;rdquo;]&lt;a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Lateblooms/n-ZkfX3Q/2014/Left-behind/i-V7gzWD2/0/KrHPt95jWcgMFxBHJvjksSKR9Nf9zdMzvsrjsWMdZ/D/Cali-sleeping-on-quilt-D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img loading="lazy" src="https://jeanjankisamaroo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Cali-sleeping-on-quilt-1024x576.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;”Cats come into your house to teach you about affection, they leave to teach you about the loss.”~Jules Verne&lt;/strong&gt;[/caption]&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>