an old friend in belfast, who perhaps could have found out his address but thought this way was a little more fun. we were talking about the pandemic, we were talking about mental health and the need to brighten the mood a bit. did she actually expect it to reach you? i think she just took a punt. "plays guitar and used to run discos in the poker hall." it happened to be that feargal�*s local postman was also a childhood friend. we've had some strange addresses over the years, but this is the most bizarre of them all. the first line, "feargal who lived across from the spar." the number of times we played in his front garden as wee boys, i knew right away who it was. this could give other people ideas, if they don't know an address. oh, that would be a nightmare! and inside the letter, just a cheery hello and a recipe for coleslaw that feargal had been asking about, but it meant much more than that. there's so much letters these days that's meaningless, it's financial, it's a rates demand and it's so nice to receive something so personal.