This December I decided to make my own calendars and cards using the portraits I have been painting over the last eight months or so. The whole process from mixing the paints to applying paint on the canvas to cleaning … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….

Books, winter themes and rodents ‘Fragmentation and breaking up is indeed the essence of the twentieth century’ Terry Tempest Williams Over the month of December I have tended, especially while my son was young, to engage in reading winter and … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….

Midwinter and Christmassy themes (part one) ‘Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world through joy. The birds still remember … >>>>>…….>>>>>…….