Living the Seasons, A New Writing Home
Greetings friends. You'll see from a very quick scroll that my writing here has been far from regular. As summer turns to autumn, and as...
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Jan 19, 20222 min read
The Soul in Paraphrase
On learning poetry by heart in the small hours. I've always thought that learning poetry by heart was a good idea, but until now I've...
Jan 4, 20222 min read
The Voice of the Sea
Pottering along the grey, blustery seafront at the start of the year, an inscription on a bench caught my eye. It read, 'The voice of the...
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Five Years Time
Tomorrow marks five years of freelancing. And if you've spent even a little time with me, you'll know I love 'taking stock' almost as...
Mar 4, 20212 min read
Young Girl on a Beach
A firm highlight of my week is the hour I spend chatting with my telephone friend, Jill (name changed). Matched with one another through...
Mar 3, 20211 min read
In the Footsteps of Gran
For as long as I can remember I have enjoyed the company of elders. As a child I loved pottering at my grandparents’ house after school,...
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Gran and the Phone
Almost ten (ten!) years ago I wrote a blog post about Gran using the phone. Only it was never really about that. It was more about...
Jul 30, 20201 min read
Joyful Chaos
Yesterday a happy band of DIGgers* from young to old gathered at community allotment PLOT 22 for a couple of hours of wild pottering in...
Jun 22, 20202 min read
Grantenary, 2020
Gran was born a hundred years ago today (10th June 1920). When I realised the 'Grantenary' was approaching, a couple of years ago, I...
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