“The week before Christmas, when the snow seemed to lie thickest, was the moment for carol-singing; and when I think back to those nights it…
I had for my winter evening walk No one at all with whom to talk, But I had the cottages in a row Up to…
The last couple of weeks have been filled with work and friends, and social occasions and trying to get ready for Christmas in as calm…
How do you feel about Christmas shopping. Do you relish the crowded high streets? Do you love the sound of piped Christmas music in busy…
We are now exactly half way through November. Halloween and Bonfire Night have come and gone, the days are noticeably shorter and Christmas music is…
I usually write these posts on a Sunday, although actually I realise I haven’t actually written one in over a month. Perhaps it’s a reflection…
“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks Nathanial Hawthorne makes an…
“Rest is not idleness, “And to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, Listening to the murmur of the water, Or…
