Back to the Light at Last!
lmbolc and Candlemas celebrations in Tregaron. Even for those of us who now live in towns, insulated from the dark of winter by street...
2022: A Literary Farewell
Hilary Mantel - what a loss this year and Dr Alan Kent, a dear friend in his 50s. Cornish scholar, dramatist, novelist and poet, we were...
Baptising Nanteos: The Dipping Pool with Rhiannon, Tregaron
Dear Friends, Do come if you can, and bring a friend! My latest book, Nanteos: The Dipping Pool was published in September 2020 with a...
Wonderful, intimate literary festival: R.S.Thomas at Eglwysfach
Last weekend, a small team put on a big-hearted literary festival in the historic village or Eglwysfach in the north of Ceredigion. The...
Once a teacher, always a teacher?
It's been 5 years since I was in my school, Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw ( a dear place to be - Cerddwn ymlaen!) but old habits die hard. Three...
Only Three days in Wales
So far, so good, 2022 and it hasn't been raining too much here in lovely wet west Wales! I recorded all the birds and other wildlife I...
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, if it's still acceptable?
This time last week it was last year, so it's still not too late to wish you a most Happy New Year, I hope. The photo isn't one of my...
Alban Arthan Hapus i chi gyd!
Winter Solstice, Bae Ceredigion. I was on the beach before 4pm and the sun had already set, leaving only this wash of pink and orange in...
Squire, Justice, Preacher, Conjuror: Controlling Y Werin Bobl in Eighteenth Century Cardiganshire
I'm thrilled to be able to share with you my recent lecture to Hanes Ceredigion History Society on 'Squire, Justice, Preacher, Conjuror:...
Croeso i Saint Nicholas' Day!
St Nicholas, inspiration for the modern Santa Claus, was a third century catholic saint famed for his generosity and his many miracles....
