Lost again
Little by little, one travels far JRR Tolkein If you want to know something the first thing you should do, of course, is ask the right question. When I worked […]
Tag Archives: wales
Ugly, lovely towns
“I thought of my river, the Afon Lwyd, that my father had fished in youth, with rod and line for the leaping salmon under the drooping alders. The alders, he […]
A day in the sun…
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water W.H. Auden How often do you complain about the weather? If you live in the UK, then it’s probably on […]
Mabinogion: into the wild
“At that time Math son of Mathonwy could not live unless his feet were in the lap of a maiden, except when the turmoil of war prevented him.” . . […]
Pictures instead of my thousand words…
There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do Bill Watterson Because I’ve managed my time so badly this week I’m going to fill this […]
Over the hill?
A couple of weeks ago I blew a gasket. Yes, me…I’m much mellower now than I used to be but occasionally I see or hear something that ignites my dormant […]
Who, when, where?
Last summer we decided to have a fence built atop part of our garden wall, to give us some privacy from occasional passers-by. Not that we’d mind if they did […]
A turn of phrase
A little while ago I was lounging on the sofa minding my own business and half-listening to the evening weather forecast on BBC Wales when I heard the presenter (Behnaz […]
Not such a common cold
When Lizzie was very young every minor illness (thank God there were no major ones) was accompanied by a little…drama, shall we say. I won’t embarrass her here by regaling […]
Home for Christmas
It was Christmas morning when the first cracks appeared…and it was all my fault. Every year I stubbornly ignore the gaudy decorations that appear as early as October, and swear to […]
at home in the hills 