Twixmas or Crimbo Limbo ?

by | Dec 30, 2024 | Uncategorized

Cold moon – Winter solstice from our garden How do we describe the break between Christmas and New Year? The French use an expression, ‘la trève de confiseurs’, which roughly translated means ‘the lull for the confectioners.’  There is a...

If not now, when?

by | Dec 2, 2024 | Uncategorized

In writing about war it’s all too easy to focus on the trauma. The men and women involved, whether military or civilians, have moments of happiness. A letter from home, a sunset, making friends with a cat or a dog, going into a local shop. Small things in...