Kate Lindsay passed away peacefully on 19th July 2023 (aged 58) after a short illness at St Leonard's Hospice in York.
I've struggled to make this post as I still cannot believe oor Kate is not going to simply pop up on our zoom screen. How she loved these sessions, and how she loved writing. The heart of this woman, her kindness and love of life is a gift that goes well beyond the losing of her. I take strength from the poem below she wrote after losing her own mother.
I've struggled to make this post as I still cannot believe oor Kate is not going to simply pop up on our zoom screen. How she loved these sessions, and how she loved writing. The heart of this woman, her kindness and love of life is a gift that goes well beyond the losing of her. I take strength from the poem below she wrote after losing her own mother.
Giovanna and I will be working with the family (under some careful instruction left by Kate herself) to compile an anthology of her feisty Ayrshire poetry; please feel free to email me any writing or messages that you would like posted here in memory of Kate.
Ahoy oor Kate... with love... Cap'n Bev, Adrienne and all of us at Slow Ink
Roses
Kate Lindsay ~ July 2022
my roses dear first grew
when my mother was near
her essence heralded
by their heady heavy blooms
this year, each tiny thorn pricking
the pain that’s ever there
reminding us
we have her courage
when facing our fear
