Category Archives: Out and about

“What did you get for Christmas?” Even after the passing of just five days, how many people could accurately recall all that they were given? By the beginning of December 2022, who will remember even a small fraction of what … Continue reading →

“Ian, do you remember going around in the car with a blanket over your knees?” My mother looked at my sister and suggested it was a very odd question, why would I have gone around in a car with a … Continue reading →

We went to see the Mappa Mundi, that artefact of a pre-modern world in which the mythological combined with the geographical and historical, that theological statement about the nature of Christendom. Afterwards, I dropped them off at Hereford station, they … Continue reading →

There were seventeen magpies on the roof of a house. Seventeen, never before have I seen so many magpies gathered together. Perhaps an evolutionary adaptation is taking place. Perhaps with the increasing incursions of scavenging gulls, the magpies that survive … Continue reading →

Autumn leaves no doubt as to its arrival: shortening days, colder weather, falling leaves. Leaves carpet the footpath to the tram stop.  For me, there is a hierarchy among the trees from which they fall, just as there seems an … Continue reading →