Hello. It’s February 2021. As I type this the rain is beating on the conservatory roof. Nearly all the paths around where I live are thick mud. Other words for mud, incidentally, include slobber, slabber, slutch, and lutulence, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
Continue reading “Words for Mud, Ray Bradbury, Catherine Crowe.”Recently a large brass key missing almost 50 years was returned anonymously to St Leonard’s Tower in West Malling.
There is uncertainty as to why this enigmatic 900-year-old stone fortress was built, but it remains an imposing presence.
I took a few photos whilst out on my travels recently.
October 2020 Newsletter.
1 Recent goings on.
Hello. It’s late October. It’s dark. It’s raining. I am sitting in the conservatory. My next book, the second in the “Cape Misfortune” trilogy, is very nearly finished.
Continue reading “Pennsylvanian Folklore”
1 Recent goings on.
Wishing you a healthy and happy August! I’m writing this while staying in an East Sussex house that adjoins a farm. The sun is bathing the fields in light and warmth. Newly-shorn sheep and lambs are contentedly grazing and bleating at each other. There is a timeless quality.
Continue reading “Teachable moments this Summer”
The White Beach, oil on canvas, 2020.
Dreaming of the“Spaggio Bianco” [White Beach] on Lipari,, an island off the coast of Sicily.
Hello! July is happening. When the sun comes out I’ve been mostly hanging around in the countryside. The villages are pretty, the wheat fields are full of life. The landscapes are all familiar – but we are living in a very different country now.
Continue reading “July – keeping it real.”
1. Recent goings on.
Hello! So, June 2020.
Currently Covid-19 is slowing in the UK, which gives us a little hope. In the absence of a vaccine it’s frightening to think of a future where we can’t physically touch anyone who isn’t isolating with us.
Continue reading “Bumblebees and Barroom Tales”