Life with cats, and other things…
Sunset and evening star, and one clear call to me As my parents aged, they began to lose their friends. One by one, letters stopped arriving. There would be a Christmas card missing one year and my father would say gloomily: “another one gone.” It was sad to see him more and more alone as … Continue reading The Dying business
The recent spectacular moon rise brought to mind the old Wiltshire legend about the Moonrakers. In the sixteenth century, Wiltshire was the headquarters for Dutch and Flemish wool merchants. The traders missed their favourite tipple Holland Gin and a healthy trade in smuggling developed. Barrels of spirit were landed in quiet coves on the Hampshire … Continue reading Moonraker