I write my way through the nooks and crannies of the natural+human world - recently left the French Alps to be an ecology professor in Utah. Place, history, ecology, art.
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Writing on writers - Nancy, Agatha, various Elizabeths and more. And on other things, from classical ballet to classic murder trials. Whatever interests me, and I hope you also.
Life, books and reading, nature, knitting, what's happening in the garden, a bit of memoir, general chat. Wide-ranging ruminations. I usually post at the weekend.
Food and everything connected, by James Beard shortlisted and multi award-winning author and photographer Mark Diacono, of Otter Farm, once of River Cottage.
If you find the fleeting changes of modern life wearisome, maybe even overwhelming, join me on a journey, a path well-trodden, as I share heartfelt and often nostalgic reflections on living slowly, simply, and in tune with the seasons.
A glimpse of distant horizons via "beautifully crafted essays and observations" covering literature, memoir, and faraway cities from a recovering cultural bureaucrat joining up the dots of an international life.
I am a garden maker and writer - my garden is Veddw, in Monmouthshire, UK. I write here about garden issues of all kinds. And plants. I am a thorn in the flesh of the garden world and may annoy you.
It's not just beauty which is in the Eye of the Beholder - I write about anything which catches my attention, as I amble through the worlds of art, history, politics and anywhere else I like.
