Nigeness

And so another year passes, and it's time to wish all who browse here a very happy and prosperous new year. For me, 2023 has been a some...

 Rick Danko,  a founder member of The Band (bass, guitar, vocals, fiddle), would have been 80 today. Sadly he died aged only 56, but was luc...

 Well, here's a turn-up for the books – the RSPB, a conservation organisation whose status and influence is up there with the National T...

 Walking in town this mercifully clear, sunny Boxing Day morning (yesterday was typical English Christmas weather – wet and warm), I was sta...

 And here, to go with the above, is R.S. Thomas again, short and sharp and perfect... Nativity The moon is born and a child is born, lying a...

And now for something completely different... This is by way of wishing all who browse here a very Happy Christmas. (Adoration of the Shephe...

 This saucy item turned up on my Facebook feed today. It's called Familiar Birds ( Les Oiseaux Familiers ) and it's by one Emile Fr...