Some mindful moments of a winter day lit up by glorious sunshine. As the sun sets, a stillness rests over our village. We end our day with Wordsworth for a cottage fireside evening.
Continue reading “Winter’s Evening Stillness”The Real Christmas

Christmas in Wenceslas Square, Prague (above photo by Karelj – Wikipedia). A reminder of Good King Wenceslas of the carol we sing, who showed Christmas kindness to that poor peasant gathering winter fuel on The Feast of Stephen.
Continue reading “The Real Christmas”December’s Night Sky

Seeing Jupiter in December’s Night Sky we turn to NASA’s spacecraft Juno for a closer look. With Geminid meteorites and the Northern Lights, this month sees some dramatic cosmic displays. We also look at the future of Planet Earth.
Continue reading “December’s Night Sky”The Wonder of Wild Woods
Continue reading “The Wonder of Wild Woods”A few steps into the wild wood switched my expectancy. Its silence, which was really the amalgamated sound of its murmurings and snapping, instantly transformed me from adventurer to contemplative. Woods are places to get lost in the books used to say to children.
Ronald Blythe

