A Pebble on the Beach

There were many influential people who died in the year 2022; including my own Father. Today marks three years since the passing of the former Anglican, Kallistos Ware; who became became a monk and eastern orthodox bishop. Read more

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Today is the 90th birthday of the Cheshire writer Alan Garner. I began a secondary education at a school in Buxton called Normanton, now long since closed down, fifty years ago, and in my first year there; form 1, the teacher Mrs Kelly, daughter of headmaster Mr Hadlee, introduced the class to the work of… Read more

Today marked one hundred and twenty seven years since the birth of my grandmother; who was christened Hannah Hart. I’ve already written something of her husband James, which delved into various associated stories and accompanying events, which resonate in metaphor, simile, and the synchronicity that aspects of the poem, that this site is about, embrace… Read more

It is said that George Mallory and Andrew Irvine went missing on the 8th June 1924, and either died on that day, or the day after. If it was the 9th of June; then today would mark the 100th anniversary of the deaths of the two mountaineers, who were last sighted only a few hours,… Read more