RDP Tuesday: Rain

Here in Europe, Christmas is beginning to take over. Let’s take things back to basics, and consider the weather: rain. … More

RDP Tuesday: WALK

What’s it to be? A walk into the sunset? A long walk off a short pier? You’ll never walk alone? … More

Were you, like me, brought up on listening the the radio? Or do you prefer more modern ways of communication? … More

This week, I’m suggesting a look at the past. The idea’s been prompted by the often sensitive recent coverage of … More

Parcel. It might be a present, or that useful thingummyjig that you ordered from eBay. It’s a unit of land. … More

It’s that time of year again. Here in the northern hemisphere we’re busy sweeping up dead leaves, and dead-heading the … More

Will you begin to flag as you lay the flags for your patio in the garden? Perhaps you should hang … More

Serendipity: you know, that lucky chance. When you just happen to be in the right place at the right time. … More

‘Around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran’, runs the English tongue twister. My tastes too run to rugged rocks … More

Ah! The contrast between the shortening days of autumn, when the mornings are cool, damp and misty and the nights … More

It’s that time of year. In our part of the world, many birds have long gone to their winter haunts … More

It’s getting towards the equinox. For us in the northern hemisphere it means ever-shorter days, with the crepuscule – twilight … More

Here in England in summer, oranges were not the only fruit: apricots glowed on the greengrocer’s market stall, and peaches and … More

Energy: those small people in the playground; that compost heap promising vigour to the plants that will make use of … More

A gentle fair maiden was going to the fair. ‘Well really’ her brother said, ‘That’s not fair.’ What dreadful doggerel. You … More

Are you a spinner, a weaver, a knitter? No, me neither. But I am a blogger. So are you. Spin … More

Blue. Well, that leaves the field wide open. You can write about almost anything: show us almost what you like. … More

Well. You could write a play. You could show and tell about baby animals or children doing what they do … More

Pulse. That’s the word for today. Will it be your heart, rhythmically beating, perhaps thumping energetically because of disappointment, fear, … More

Time for reflection: gazing into a country pond; an urban plate glass window….. or simply pondering. What will you choose?

There seem to be many clouds on the horizon these days, at least from where I’m sitting in the United … More

Today’s word is a summery one. ‘Dappled‘. It’s sunlight and shade in mottled patches on a woodland path. It’s farm … More

The jagged peaks of mountains marching off towards the horizon; a forest; birds crowded onto telephone lines; demonstrators in a … More