So I said that I was going to be on hiatus,  but at the moment I am sat at home twiddling my thumbs. Obviously there will be periods in the upcoming weeks where I will have to disappear,  but as of tomorrow I have to get back to a normal routine and I will be returning to work.

There’s no doubt that I am totally gutted to lose my brother. We’ve been through the loss of both of our parents and also that of our little brother,  so we were all that remained. I anticipated a long and fruitful time left with my brother and we had made plans to go to Iceland in March and then we were going to try and go to the Rugby world cup in Japan next year. It still hasn’t hit me yet I don’t think,  if you know me personally then you will know how close my brother and I were,  I’m at a total loss.

The people in the UK have been fantastic,  as I am my brother’s only kin I have to make all of the arrangements remotely from America. Today I contacted the coroner’s office and also the funeral director’s to get this process underway. Now it is just a matter of working out the final details. My brother’s mates have been outstanding and I have asked his real close friends to be in the family car with me on the day of the funeral. I’m going to have to rely on them to clear my brother’s apartment for me.

Fortunately I had saved up for a trip to Japan this year so thankfully I can afford the funeral and the flights/accommodation etc. I will set my sights on Japan for 2019 now. This will be my first time in England since 2002.

So I will keep posting,  though I may not be as verbose with what I post as I am sure you will understand.

This week’s pic is from the play CHILD WONDER,  and in this copy it is from Orrville,  OH in 1954. That is the date that is on the publication that I sourced. Mainstream spanking also has the same photo,  though a different copy from a different source with the correct date of publication in 1953.

This will be added to my VARIOUS SCHOOL PLAYS spanking folder where you will find my other Child Wonder photos.