my pleasure, Mary : ) And you are doing just fine, keep up the great work.

thanks also for your nice compliments, - here I was hoping I hadn't said "the wrong thing" : )- a person never knows which way comments might be taken, with the written word, as opposed to the spoken word.

I was born/raised in Hampshire, btw, my parents brought us to BC Canada many years ago & have been here ever since.

am appreciating your writing as well as the photography, altho the writing is very "sombre" : ) and also very strong and "deep", - To me it is more about "loss" and grief, but can see your meaning about time. The thought about "pain with no shape" is very real and a good description. But am not sure if you mean there are endless shapes that can't be dragged out of you, with this pain, - or one pain.

thankyou. very thought provoking