christopherjamesstone

Still dancing at 80 – then gently sailing off

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My Mum, Mary Stone, passed away last Saturday.

 

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CJ Stone is an author, columnist and feature writer. He has written six books: Fierce Dancing: Adventures in the Underground (Faber & Faber 1996); The Last of the Hippies (Faber & Faber 1999); Housing Benefit Hill & Other Places (AK Press 2001); The Trials of Arthur (with Arthur Pendragon: Thorsons/Element 2003); The Trials of Arthur Revised Edition (with Arthur Pendragon: The Big Hand 2010); & The Empire of Things (Gonzo multimedia 2013). He is currently working on his seventh. From 1993 till 1998 he was a regular columnist with the Guardian Weekend in the UK. His column Housing Benefit Hill was a runaway hit, observing life on a run down housing estate in a small town in England, while his travel column CJ Stone's Britain took a wry look at the state of Britain in the 90s. From 2003-2008, he ran a column for Prediction magazine. Other columns include a fortnightly column for The Whitstable Times and columns for Mixmag & the Big Issue. Currently he writes a fortnightly column for The Whitstable Gazette and makes regular contributions to the Guardian on-line, the London Review of Books and Kindred Spirit magazine.

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  4. It’s always sad for those left behind when death occurs. Yet we are all waiting in ‘Gods Waiting Room’ so to speak. But for some death will come early for others if lucky it will be later. We all know death is inevitable the only thing that is really important is how you die as for some like my Grandfather passed away in is sleep in his armchair smoking a pipe.

    Unfortunately or fortunately for me, I have so many near misses with death that I no longer fear death as such, only pain.

    When my Grandfather died it was the hardest loss to me ever, as he was a guiding influence, yet I stated at the time, ” I believe his spirit lives on in those of us left behind who know him”.. Hence I like to think of those who have passed away by remembering all the good times we had together and what good their presence had on us all.

    My sincerest condolences to you Christopher and to your friends and family, yet I’m sure your mother spirit will live on inside you for the rest of your life.

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