Monthly Archives: March 2022

From Plant Dreaming Deep by Mary Sarton. …gardening is one of the late joys, for youth is too impatient, too self-absorbed and  usually not rooted deeply enough to create a garden. Gardening is one of the rewards of middle age, … Continue reading →

Comfort reading. Better for you than comfort eating! But maybe both, together, are called for at the present time. Ukraine, climate crisis, the Morrison LNP government, covid, my sore back…let’s stop there. You get the picture. Elizabeth Goudge is one … Continue reading →

‘Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening,’ wrote George Orwell in 1940. I will read anything by the American essayist Rebecca Solnit. Her writing is lucid and intelligent and playful; often travelling in unexpected directions to … Continue reading →

When I was a young teenager, I just couldn’t get enough Gothic. They were captivating, thrilling; a perfect package of romance, mystery, suspense. I loved Rebecca, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Moonstone and when I ran out of literature I … Continue reading →