Monday Musings: A World Worth Saving? And Why Aren’t Our Leaders Taking...
And so asks Greta Thunberg: Because there’s so much we could be doing and now. See the UN’s Climate Action site: https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/climate-action-areas.shtml Meanwhile this is what...
View ArticleThoughts From The Blue Glass Sea
Yesterday, 20th September 2019 when young people around the world were on strike to urge politicians to start telling the truth about climate emergency and to take action NOW to save their future, I...
View ArticleScenes From The Realm Of Ancestors
Two thousand years ago the people who lived within the mountain hillfort of Carn Ingli (seen here in the distance) would have looked down on this 5,500 year-old chambered tomb of Pentre Ifan. Back...
View ArticleWhat Next: A Cloud Of Herring?
Once it was said the hauls of herring landed at Fishguard were so great that the fields of West Wales were spread with the excess catch. And if this sounds balmy, decomposing fish would make a good...
View ArticleAbermawr Cove ~ It’s The Seal’s Whiskers
It was hard to tear myself away from Tregwynt Mill; unexpected burst of hot September sun or no, there was a strong inclination to curl up among Welsh tweed quilts and cushions on the showroom bed. To...
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Sticks, Clogs, Ribbons And Bells ~ Yesterday Was A Big Hurrah For Apples At...
The Ironmen lining up. And the Severn Gilders Morris doing their stuff: While the band played: And apples were pressed: And unusual varieties identified: And home-made cakes and roast pork buns...
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Power Lines ~ Ironbridge Switch-Off
Ironbridge Power Station has run out of steam, its huge cooling towers presently stark monuments to the era of dirty energy, an era that kicked off in this very valley, the Ironbridge Gorge, where in...
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The Night Ploughing
It was the strangest thing – to look out on the nightscape behind the house where there are no roads or houses as far as the Edge, which itself drops a thousand feet through near vertical woodland to...
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Top Viewing ~ The Dyfi Ospreys Are Back
This week I’ve rather fallen by the wayside with Becky’s Square Tops challenge, but I had to post this for the final day. And to say a big thank you to Becky for being such a top host and giving us...
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World Bee Day Today 20th May
I’ve written lots about bees on this blog, and I guess most people who come here know how important they are to human existence; their overall busy bee-ness and the way they pollinate flowers that...
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