The Shredded Butterfly
Apologies for long absence. Each time someone new has registered an interest in this site, I’ve felt guilty, believing that the Ancestral Voices had fallen silent, perhaps forever. But now at last…
How to buy a car with the help of pea soup
It was time, our mechanic said, to think about buying a new car, new at least to us. We hate choices and have put it off for three months, but…
On this day, 1282
Back in the summer, during our trip to Anglesey in north Wales, we stopped off for a coffee and piece of bara brith at what seemed to be an old…
Ben and Rod finally get the Vandy on to the trailer after two hours of struggle.
Goodbye to the Press
It must have been about ten years ago when a Vandercook Cylinder Press moved in with us, a bit like an internal growth that put pressure on all the organs.…
Why this is not Easter
Today it is not Easter in Russia. Easter is a moveable feast and its date has confounded great minds over the ages. We still have a major split in the…