It happened the other day, but I just wouldn’t accept it. Then, a couple of days later, it was made clear that she had just given up the ghost and died.
There would be no reviving the Black and Decker food processor, which is absolutely necessary in making what has become, accidentally, my world-famous macaroni and cheese (a recipe I stole from my Aunt Ozelle).
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