Peter Adam on Clare Turkington

From: Peter Adam
Date: 05-Feb-2007 02:56
Subject: Re: Clare photo album
To: Rosemary Ufot Laurence
Cc: Karen swindall karen swindall, Tania Willis, Stu & Anne

Hi Rosee,

Firstly, I just wanted to say that I was very moved by reading the transcripts of the eulogies at Clare's funeral. Hoa and I are so sorry that we were not able to attend. I was smiling as I thought of Clare's jacket pockets being full of Cheung Sha sand, she would have loved that.

I miss my friend very much and I have been thinking about how to describe my feelings about her untimely death. The only thing I could think of that speaks to me about Clare is a poem by Edna St Vincent Millay called First Fig. It goes like this:

My candle burns at both ends

It will not last the night

But ah my friends and oh my foes

It gives a lovely light

To me, Clare was a bright and powerful light that shone on all of us, sadly, all to briefly.

I found some more photos of Clare from her visit to Hong Kong last year, which I think would be good to put up on her blog.

With love,

Peter & Hoa