Category Archives: non-fiction

Springish

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Myfanwy Fox

Some recent pictures. (And not of any of the local springs.) Sheep being moved on North Hill. Primroses at Croome Court. British Camp. Waymarks. Paper birch (Betula papyrifera)? growing with silver birches.

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Shame No Shame

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

At the start of the summer I went from my usual part time work to doing two jobs (my full time boss’s work plus my own) for nine weeks – a shock to the system – hence the dearth of … Continue reading →

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Between the Lines

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

The other day someone asked me to bring Solstice to a gig, having come across it in Fox Unkennelled. It’s an old favourite so that was lovely … but, ‘You mean my poem about sex?’ I asked. Almost no one … Continue reading →

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Wild Life

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

I finished the first draft of The Novel last weekend. It’s a strangely anticlimactic feeling. Eighty thousand words in a document … and? A vast number of notes (things to add, adjust and work out in the rewrite) and a … Continue reading →

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Whale of a sign

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

Orca adjustment to a grazing stock warning sign near Guarlford, approaching Malvern from the Rhydd (on the B4211):

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Muddy meandering

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

My archery fanatics (daughter and husband) took me along for a weekend away when they shot at the Brighton Open Archery Tournament. Brighton Open was in Horsham (quite a way from Brighton but it was run by Brighton Bowmen archery … Continue reading →

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Painswick Rococo Garden

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

Painswick Rococo Garden has a grand show of snowdrops. Though, having knelt on the path to take the next late-afternoon shot, I missed noticing the photographer who had gone off the path to take his own shots. The garden is … Continue reading →

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Keeping abreast

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

I’m still thinking about freedom of speech / freedom of expression and the tangles we make. I gather that Murdoch’s Sun “newspaper” has at long last bowed to pressure and its page three bare-breasted spread will cease. I can’t help … Continue reading →

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Free Speech

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Myfanwy Fox

I caught flu three weeks ago. Not bad flu; not two-weeks-in-bed-with-a-temperature flu (it was just four days); not pneumonia-as-a-fun-extra flu (been there, done that). Just a mercifully brief bout of yuk. Woozy-headed I surfaced just in time for the Charlie … Continue reading →

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2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Myfanwy Fox

Where does the time go? 2014 is on its way out. Here’s hoping 2015 will be good for all of you reading this – and for me! It’s that time of the year when everyone writes their high/low-light lists of … Continue reading →

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