Sorry Business

I was just speaking to Rosie up at Mulga Bore. She told me there's a funeral on tomorrow. One of the old ladies from Angela's Community has passed away. I knew her pretty well. She was one of the women who first took me hunting. She was the one who put my brother and his friends to shame when it came to using an axe to get sugarbag out of a tree. She was a wise, well respected woman. She was a staunch supporter of the school and of me. She was the holder of many stories, stories that I will now no longer be able to hear her tell. I will miss her. I will notice her absence next year when i go back. I am sorry I will not be there for her funeral.