Robin, as you sing your red breast swells between the frosty branches in this wintry glow. You cock your head and listen to the bells across the fields spread white in sequined snow. You hope for frozen morsels – mana from my hand but do not ask. I throw them down: your tune like melting […]
Christmas in Normandy, then and now, and The Log
On Christmas day 1066 William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey. The English and French who were present cheered the new King so loudly that the clamour alarmed and panicked the French soldiers waiting…
Herd mentality: in the moo(d) for love
In the Moo(d) for love.
I took a walk down my lane yesterday. On my right is the field with the brown cows, calves, and Mr. Big Bull with the ring in his nose (check him out on my kilometre walk during lockdown, he’s quite a beast). Further down…
