Yesterday, I took deep breath and read through the proofs of my contribution to the Moving Mountains anthology. I've spent the last couple of days trying to get my head around the publication in October of the first piece I've ever written about living with chronic illness. Writing it was a massive challenge for me. … Continue reading Mustering courage
Henry VIII falls face-first in the fen and a lone heron stalks the rooftops in my Guardian Country Diary this morning... (click on image for link). More of my country diaries can be found here.
Went for a lovely walk this afternoon that reminded me how vital our wild places are, especially at the moment. This is a piece on the importance of my local patch, first published Friday 9 October in The Guardian Country Diary. There’s a spring-fed sliver of alder carr shaped like a thought bubble near the … Continue reading An Exhalation in the Alder Carr
in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious... … Continue reading Why Nature Matters: In Our Gardens and Our Countryside
2018 has brought me not one but two almanac treasures, each a joy to read and written nearly 200 years apart. The first is a beautifully illustrated hardback: The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide To 2018 by Lia Leendertz which I bought a couple of months ago along with copies for friends, but hid away so I … Continue reading Year Of The Almanac
I was asked recently to write a piece on where my personal gardening passion came from. The origins of inspiration is a subject which interests me in both my work with children and my writing. This is what emerged when I put pen to paper... As a child scrambling though the scrubby heather on Conwy … Continue reading How Did Your Love Of Gardening Begin?