The Pug

Lockdown walks are all about trying to create an element of surprise, or novelty; a reason to stop and take in something fresh and stimulate the senses. This one certainly did!

The Dark Months Eighteen

As heaving dark grey clouds yawn open, light hits yellow lichen on a wooden rail, causing colour to ripple in intense succession before giving way to hope and renewal.

Pancakes with Orange and Pepper Yoghurt

Pancakes with Orange and Pepper Yoghurt? Really?! Oh yes, and delicious for breakfast. I made a simple pancake batter, quite thin, as I prefer a French crepe style pancake. Once the pancakes were made, I took the juice of one blood orange and some of the outer rind, and mixed with yoghurt and a teaspoon […]

Home

The time is right to unravel the meaning of ‘home’ for our changing times. Why, and how?

The Dark Months Seventeen

As we reach the shortest day of the year with the Winter Solstice, it seems all hope is extinguished. But is it really?

The Dark Months Sixteen

When the mornings are dark, and the evenings too, and in between is but a blurry dark blue, escape becomes all important.

The Dark Months Fifteen

Ritual, habit, practical and deliberate actions, create a soothing sense that things can be different.

Death Unacknowledged

For those left behind, death is not always final.

The Dark Months Fourteen

Imagine the world from a different vantage, and you’ll see its falsehoods and lies clearly. Or will you?

The Dark Months Thirteen

The Dark Months; a series of moods in words, expressing fleeting feelings and thoughts …