Aunt Julia

• "Aunt Julia spoke Gaelic very loud and very fast"
• "She was buckers and water... house-ends"
• "listening to crickets being friendly"
• "her's was the only house"
• "I could not understand her"
• "-- I can see her strong foot stained with peat"
• "with a seagulls voice"
• "so many questions unanswered"
• "silenced in the absolute black of a sandy grave"