Irish history, HMD, Crime novel, what I'm reading this week

A morning walk beside the canal

An image of a canal and the old railway line crossing above

Reading for research and also for pleasure. A history book and a crime novel.

Inspiration for a setting in my novel about the Irish Famine, 'Coming Home.'

I took this pic a couple of days ago. The movement of the water seems to enhance the shape of the swan's wings. Light reflects through...

Winter is definitely here in Leicester. Enjoy!

(After ‘Piggotts’ by Martin Figura Aged seven, walking down the road to school. Late home when hiding from the Caretaker. Swimming at the...

The first real sunshine on yellow narcissus at the bottom of the garden.

Dark shapes walk their dogs through misty, frozen meadows it's 2 degrees C. Thirteen hundred deaths from Covid winter lockdown in...

Michael is a long-time Liverpool FC fan. Here he is with two of his grandsons; James and Cillian. Out for a walk on a breezy day in...

Gerry Marsden, the singer of this great song, died yesterday. RIP. Follow the link below to listen to this beautiful song....

I love looking at the poetry in songs. This one for example: Bob Dylan & The Band "Forever Young" - A Tribute To Bob Dylan...

The best part of the year. Russety apples ready to pick. Salad crop warm out of the ground and greenhouse. A friend's pink and green...

I read about Haibun in the latest copy of Mslexia (page 56). 'A short prose piece followed by a related haiku.' So here's one about a...

Two hundred years plus Near meadow, towpath, canal. Generations lived Early morning run through Aylestone Meadows. This is bordered by...