30th June 1934 – 17th December 2013

Mary loved quotes.Marked in her huge book of quotations was this from Anais Nin: “People living deeply have no fear of death.”

One she had written and kept in a notebook:

There is no one truthTruth is illusionIllusion is realityReality is what you make it

Anon

And another:

We are one blink of an eye from being fully awake.

Pema Chodron

So blink, damn youChuck Lorre

• Gerard Butler, Ray Liotta and the Milk Tray Man

Inspector Montelbano - Luca Zingaretti

• Holidays in France and speaking French• Speaking with an accent (Scottish, French And

American were favourites)• Feeding the foxes and supporting animal charities –

St Tiggywinkle’s and the Donkey Sanctuary • Her friends and her Swanwick family• Writing, writing, writing (and drawing sometimes

too)• Collecting unusual words – horripilation (the

erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement) – and words ending in –phobia

• Her grandsons – Nicholas, Sam and Alex• Her pets – Bob being her much-loved Border Collie

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