No sun — no moon! No morn — no noon — No dawn — no dusk — no proper time of day. No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease, No comfortable feel in any member — No shade, no shine, no … [Read more...]
Taking Stock Summer 2025
REFLECTING Tomorrow is Labour Day. The end of summer. The nights are drawing in and there is a definite chill in the air. I have been to three tea parties in the past few weeks. A chance to wear … [Read more...]
Taking Stock April 2023
“O to be in England Now that April’s there . . .” I do not know where the poet Robert Browning was when he penned these words in his poem “Home thoughts from Abroad” but I first read them as a … [Read more...]
Still Knitting
Another month gone and I am still knitting but the titles for my recent two Blogs reference Charles Dickens and his story “A Tale of two Cities”. I read this book in my first year at Grammar School. … [Read more...]
Knitting
What images spring to mind when someone mentions “knitting”? Wrinkled old grannies tucked into a corner working away with their needles? Or maybe a more youthful group chattering away as they work … [Read more...]