Number Ten
Normally I’m one of the first people to moan about Christmas coming too early. The tree should go up in December; the only cards to go out in November should be airmail ones; and Christmas stuff...
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It’s the shortest day. From now on, things start to get warmer and lighter again. I wish we could celebrate in the traditional way, by burning a Yule log to bring us health and happiness....
View ArticleThe fog
The fog is thick all over the country at the moment, but it’s only now it is affecting The South that it makes it into the news. Up here in The Forest we’ve had thick fog all week, but it hasn’t...
View ArticleThat time of the year
Next year, and in future, I’m going to make my own Christmas cards, pretending to come from intriguing-sounding fictitious organisations. Blessed Yule from the Chocolate Digestive Research Association...
View ArticleYuletide
There’s five days to go, and I already feel like I want to cancel Christmas. I haven’t written a single card. I haven’t bought many presents, and I have no idea what The Parents actually want. To be...
View ArticleThe turn of the year
The night is drawing in, as I draft this post.* The sky is darkening, and the lamps are lit, to brighten the house and drive back the winter darkness. It’s a time to light candles, and fires, and stare...
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