Pomona’s Day
It's all apples now, falling like small thunderclaps on to the ground, crashing into the wheelbarrow. It is the wormy ones that fall by themselves, leaving the whole ones on…
Vernal Equinox
It’s a misty, dank day, this 20th March. We’ve enjoyed high pressure for over a week, and for many days that has meant cold air and bright sun, but now…
The benediction of Apollo
To think that writing is something that happens at a desk is such a mistake. Today, being Equinox, is the first day of my new season, where writing gets priority…
The Goddess of the Returning Light
'It will be ten degrees below freezing,' they said on the news this morning. 'For the first time since it was devised, the government is calling this a Level 3…
Midsummer scrivenings
Let's clear something up straight away. Today is the summer solstice, the longest day when the sun stands still awhile in a reflective pause. On Friday it is St John's…
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