Aidan Hartley Aidan Hartley

The art of mourning well

Following Mum’s death a month ago, I have been staying quietly at her home on the beach in a whirlpool of memories

Any house on the Indian Ocean beach erodes swiftly, like a sand castle, against the onslaught of wind and ocean spray [Photo: Irfan Quader] 
issue 13 February 2021
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