A very happy Christmas to all our...
After all that rather arty-farty stuff I posted yesterday, our ‘tree’ has now been significantly ‘improved’ by the visit of one part of the family . . . complete with imaginative young...
In common with a good number of folk throughout these lands I am sure, we are preparing to enjoy Christmas in the warmth (I hope!) of our own home with no one from outside who is further than trudging distance. We are going to observe most of what one ought to observe...
Ralph Kiggell (whose lovely book, Leading the Cranes Home, is now down to its last few copies) flew in recently from his home in Bangkok to see his family in the UK. He came to stay with us last night so that we could have a concentrated face to face editorial session...
No sign of a thaw this morning . . . indeed a river even fuller of ice than yesterday. Not quite enough to stage the Battle on the Ice maybe but it really does look as though we could floe-hop to...
We have had stunningly perfect picture postcard hoar frost for days now. Often one wakes up to it but it is gone by lunchtime. Not so often is it still ‘complete’ in the evening and ready to be further enhanced for tomorrow’s dawn. I went out with my...
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