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The Life of Ann Napier (6th March 1954 – 1st July 2014)
The Life of Ann Napier – By Geoff Napier Ann was born in north London to midwife Agnes Mary Macaulay and Woodcrafter Ernesto Alfredo Caschere. She has two sisters and a brother. From the very earliest moment of her life she realised that the world she was growing up in...
Continue reading...A Tribute to Ann
Know that the river of Life will never cease to flow. Ever present to guide and carry you home, She is your closest friend. Trust your friend, and give thanks for Her eternal blessing. – William Bloom This was not a cemetery, but Nature in all her loveliness. In a...
Continue reading...A Tangible Legacy
A Tribute to Ann Napier Maddy Harland Helping hands have been, and will be offered. All...
Continue reading...Ann was, and remains, a shining light
A Tribute to Ann Napier More years ago than either of us will care to remember, and exactly where I do not recall, I met a very young Geoff Napier who was manning an MBS bookstall. He told me that it had always been his and his wife’s dream and...
Continue reading...Would you like to come and explore the hedgerows with me again this evening?
Dearest Ann You’ve written so many letters to your dear Cygnus members, I thought I’d write one to you. I’m sitting here,surrounded by your presence. The nasturtiums sway and dance with the cornflowers and I imagine you singing away to yourself, and to them. Every chirp of the young sparrows...
Continue reading...Life is very short and there’s no time for fussing and fighting my friends
Somewhere in the silence and sadness of this hazy moment, the Great Swan is flying strong. The spirit of Cygnus lives on, guided and fortified with the same sustenance from which it grew, when Ann planted that special seed 23 years ago. I imagine that Ann is flying now in...
Continue reading...Farewell to a great heart
Ann was a true light in the world, her inner light inspiring all she did, her extraordinary positivity and courage and her fundamental belief in the goodness inherent in the ’Book of Life’, despite the trials we all have to undergo, and which she in no small measure suffered. The...
Continue reading...Thank you Ann for everything
My connection to Cygnus has grown and developed over a number of years; it was Geoff who introduced me to the company but Ann who guided me through the various roles here. My memories of Ann – and there are many – are strung together by the warmth of her...
Continue reading...Mission accomplished, Ann
A Tribute to Ann Whilst there was inevitable sorrow at the passing of a dear friend of many years’ standing, I also felt an inundation of joy. It seemed as if Ann could at last view her work as a whole and see clearly what she had achieved. Throughout her...
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