Quiet Days

Storm Bert seems to have blown itself out. It is a nice sunny day here now. I was just thinking about going for a walk when the post lady kn...

Van Morrison will be celebrating his 78 th birthday in a few days’ time, but the Celtic soul brother is showing no sign of slowing down. Va...

I’m a bit busy for the next month or so. It’s possible I might not have time for much blogging for a little while. However, I thought I woul...

If you have read my blog page for a while you probably know that I am a big fan of The Unthanks . Recently I saw their 2009 album Here’s The...

It was wet and windy yesterday. Stuck indoors I was listening to Veedon Fleece and I thought I would revisit a piece I wrote about this albu...

Happy birthday to Eckhart Tolle who is 75 today. Eckhart was born on February 16th 1948 in Lunen a small town in Germany. I just thought I w...

It is another dark, windy and rainy day here. I won’t be going out today. I am listening to a CD called Folksongs & Ballads by Tia Blake...

After the warmth of the sun last week a wintery chill has returned. There have been flurries of snow here for the past few days. I don’t thi...

It is quite a nice day here, so I’ve got to get myself back to the garden before the rain arrives, but first I just thought I’d tell you qui...

Yesterday the weather forecast told me that there was a 100% chance of rain until the late evening. It was no day for venturing out on the k...