Hi, Man, this still sucks! I really want to write and be present on here and show up consistently but to be completely honest, lately it feels like if I do stuff on the blog it means I have to think about what happened and acknowledge that he’s no longer here. WTF? You would be […]
Walk Barefoot in the Desert?
Would you ever walk barefoot in a desert in the dark to go and look for scorpions? You wouldn’t? No, neither would I but Gumby would have (nutter)! And until the other night I didn’t think anyone else would either however I watched a pretty interesting program called Fierce where the presenter – Steve Backshall – did exactly […]
Screw-ups, Slugs & Surfing!
Yo! Hello to you 🙂 You may or may not have noticed that things have been a bit quiet here on the blog for a while. Things have been a little, shall we say, emotional & testing over the last few months & a combination of things have left me missing Jeremy so incredibly much […]
This Momentous Day
Today it’s been 2 years since Gumby died. The world still feels shit without him! I was wondering what to write & looking through some old photo’s & papers when I came across a scrap of paper from many years ago. I’d written this down after being incredibly motivated by it in a book by […]
A Brief History of Desiderata
Shoo-eee. I just finished designing the Desiderata poem poster that you can have access to after signing up for our Gumby Legacy Newsletter and I thought I’d quickly look up the history of Desiderata to see how it came about. This poem has been a favourite of the family’s for many years and was particularly […]
It’s Been A Long Day Without You My Friend
”It’s been a long day without you, my friend And I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again We’ve come a long way from where we began Oh, I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again When I see you again” Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth This song makes […]
All Things Bright and Beautiful
We’re not a religious family by any stretch of the imagination but this has always been a much-loved hymn sung at our weddings, christenings and funerals! This version has had the words changed specifically with Gumby in mind, by Auntie Jane who knew him well. All things bright & beautiful – adapted for Jeremy “Gumby” […]
Birthday Thoughts for a Very Missed Loved Person
Happy Birthday baby brother!! Today you would have been thirty four years old. This last year you would have kicked ass in your ‘new’ dream job, you would have shivered your ass off here with mom and me, you would have started building your ideal home and been arranging things for your perfect garden centre….but […]
The Tao of Good People (& Gumby)
Sometimes you meet people who are just lovely. Who have a natural way about them that makes them stick out to you as a good person. Salt – of – the earth. Someone you’d like to be friends with. I have met many, many people who are like this but it’s rare that their kindness […]
The Reaper and the Flowers
Gumby wrote this out for his friend Julie, before he left Cornwall, just weeks before he had to fly back to the UK to say goodbye to dad. Henry. W. Longfellow