Candlemas on the 2nd February marks not only the official end of Christmas, but is also the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox. In the farming calendar, it was when the lambing season would begin. Even though it is not spring yet, I’ve noticed…
Creativity can take all kinds of different forms. Some of it requires accuracy, precision and focus, with neat and tidy end results. Sometimes it takes on a more bonkers form, with weirdness, experimentation and unpredictability, and that is probably my favourite kind! If you’ve been here before, you…
Having read the title, you might be wondering what on earth I’m doing talking about things to do in January, considering what I have said in the past about New Year’s resolutions. Please be reassured that I haven’t changed my mind! I still think that they are mostly…
The Dreariness We’re about a week away from the winter solstice, and although where I live in the southern half of England isn’t nearly far enough north for it to be dark all the time, it is quite dark and gloomy. Mornings start in darkness, and the light…
We’re now into December, and I’m not doing Christmas crafts. That sounds really grumpy, and anti- Christmas! I actually don’t have a problem with people doing Christmas crafts. It’s just that I have made the decision that I won’t, other than the Advent candle, which is already done,…
A little while ago, I was reading an email newsletter that mentioned a tv programme called Alone. I’ve never seen Alone, but from the sound of things, it has a similar format to the Great British Bake Off. A group of people are deposited in the wilderness with…