Friday, January 30, 2026
Where Have They Gone?
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Where have all the children gone, the ones I knew so long ago when, as a boy, I lived in East Africa? They have spread across the world as, ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026
View & Sound of the Sea
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For the second half of January the sea, pressed on by an at times vicious east-southeasterly, has been breaking across the sand-bar running ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
KiSwahili
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Because my mother went back to working for the Tanganyika government as soon as possible after I was born, I was entrusted during her workin...
Monday, January 26, 2026
First Daffodils
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The air temperature is 5C but it feels much colder outdoors as the persistent east-southeastly wind is still blowing - and promises to wind ...
Sunday, January 25, 2026
Annual Bird Count
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We participated today in the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch . From our sitting room we have a good view of the main feeding area for...
Saturday, January 24, 2026
The Depths of Winter
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Muddy green and grey are the colours of late January, the deepest depths of winter. The wind has been a persistent east-southeasterly for mo...
Friday, January 23, 2026
First Spring Flowers
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With DM reporting that the first daffodils are in flower in Devon while our daffodils haven't yet dared to show a green shoot above grou...
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