05-05 2022 23:24
wrote:
Such a lovely, warm, kind man, who just did his own thing (and, I'm happy to say, was encouragingly grumpy enough to keep him interesting - did you really want to tangle with him?). A very real, whole, lovely person. Loved the twinkle in his eyes and how they crinkled up, and his indirect, dry and sometimes caustic humour. Always up for a good time (when he wasn't watching football anyway) but steady, gentle and kind. I'm repeating myself. I'm thinking fish lunches in Rafina, Greece, him driving home in a van and sending Eileen and me into the winery to wheedle bottles of wine out of the guys left in charge on a closed bank holiday. I'm thinking breakfast in the Athens Hilton, which was pushing the boat out back then, after an all nighter on the town, where we had endless cups of coffee and Steve was still cracking jokes and looking way fresher than the rest of us. I'm thinking amazing hospitality and chauffeuring and thoughtfulness in Cyprus. What a loss. So hard to take it in. So much love to Eileen, Ceirah and Kellen xxx
05-05 2022 23:24
wrote:
Such a lovely, warm, kind man, who just did his own thing (and, I'm happy to say, was encouragingly grumpy enough to keep him interesting - did you really want to tangle with him?). A very real, whole, lovely person. Loved the twinkle in his eyes and how they crinkled up, and his indirect, dry and sometimes caustic humour. Always up for a good time (when he wasn't watching football anyway) but steady, gentle and kind. I'm repeating myself. I'm thinking fish lunches in Rafina, Greece, him driving home in a van and sending Eileen and me into the winery to wheedle bottles of wine out of the guys left in charge on a closed bank holiday. I'm thinking breakfast in the Athens Hilton, which was pushing the boat out back then, after an all nighter on the town, where we had endless cups of coffee and Steve was still cracking jokes and looking way fresher than the rest of us. I'm thinking amazing hospitality and chauffeuring and thoughtfulness in Cyprus. What a loss. So hard to take it in. So much love to Eileen, Ceirah and Kellen xxx
