Circle of the Year

I hope everyone had as good a Christmas as we did. These are just a few photos from Christmas Eve - not great as there were a lot of peo...

Here we are again with my traditional Christmas Eve post:) The Night Before Christmas was always my children's bedtime story on ...

" So the shortest day came, and the year died, And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world Came people singing, dan...

At 11am on the 11th of November each year our busy lives stop for a brief moment as we remember all those who have given their lives in th...

I don't have time to write a new post so this is a repeat from 2009:)  Sunset today will mark the beginning of Samhain, the last of t...

" This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.  He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,  Will stand a tip-toe when this d...

On a beautiful autumn afternoon my friend P and I took B Baggins and his friend Bertie up on Big Moor for a short walk. The colours on the...

I'm back home again after spending five weeks in Suffolk. Happily my son is recovering well and as long as he's sensible and does ...

I am currently in Suffolk as my son has been in Norwich Hospital with a broken back since last Monday. He is doing OK fortunately and has ma...

Last week I was in Sussex for 'A Medieval Experience Day' at the Weald and Downland Museum - always one of my favourite places to v...