She had always liked the series… books for dummies.
They were extremely practical. She had read these on Networking, Photoshop and Sewing. The latest was Life Improvements for Dummies. Most of it was very interesting, but she was surprised to find that section seventeen was titled Losing Your Partner. However, it wasn’t about grieving, on the contrary, it was a chapter devoted to describing ways to see your partner off! Once she was over the shock of finding it in the book at all, she began to study it with fervour. It would definitely solve a number of ongoing issues that have been troubling her of late. Some of the ideas were truly thought-provoking. Solution five seemed to be the most promising and had the advantage of not making too much mess and the follow up addendum on disposal comprised of a series of easy-to-follow steps.
On reflection, she had always wanted to try oil painting, but he had always hated the smell of the turpentine used to dilute and mix paints and for cleaning up. He said that it always made him instantly nauseous.
There was a book, Oil Painting for Dummies.
It was comforting to know that from where he was in the back garden, the smell in the kitchen would never bother him.
She had always liked the series… the books were so practical.