Monthly Archives: December 2012
Hot drinks at Herbies
If I had a few pennies to spare I’d be at Herbies (the herbalist’s shop) hoping to find others waiting to be served, giving me time to observe, take in and soak up all the wonderful things to be seen, heard, smelled or tasted. The wall behind the herbalist was filled with square black boxes, […]
The writings of a Lancashire lad 
In recognition of a farmer
I used to like this saying of Shakespeare, from Hamlet: “What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form, in moving, how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!” […]