It's been a rough year on that front. Over a very brief period at the start of the year, a number of staff died traumatically. It seemed as if some bad energy had descended on Campus - like the ghoulish mist sweeping in with the Ringwraiths, or some Dark Side corrupting the Force. We picked up the pieces and got on with our lives and our work, but Beryl's death has brought it all back sharply into focus.
It would be nice to have something deep and meaningful to add, but in the absence of that, perhaps a permitted lapse into sentimentality: Spend a minute in the passage speaking with colleagues you encounter - just because they have been here forever, doesn't mean they will still be here tomorrow.