Post 22/2022 Saturday 28 May . . . I'm offering one more post before I ease off to tinker with blog frequency and focus. Today's post brings Cornwall Cogitation full circle, maybe like the last chapter of a book. I've been helped in summing up this year so far, I'm happy to say, by a … Continue reading Q is for Quilt Gardens
Post 21/2022 Saturday 21 May . . . We're home again in Indiana. Travel went well until our connecting flight from Atlanta, Georgia to South Bend, Indiana, was canceled. Instead of departing for South Bend at 9:15pm as scheduled, by midnight we were told our flight would depart at 6:45am. Now what? Carbis Bay beach, … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation, zipping A to Z
Post 20/2022 Thursday 12 May . . . With 12 weekly posts I've tabulated our stay in the United Kingdom by combing double letters of the English-language alphabet. Most references have been from The Penguin Dictionary of British Natural History (1967,1978). Which brings us to the A-Z. It's bittersweet, but wrap-up and summarize we must. … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation Y-Z
Post 19/2022 Saturday 7 May . . . The South West Coast Path into St Ives takes you through a narrow street named the Warren. Holiday lets, second homes, and some permanent homes line each side of this narrow, one-way passageway, teaming with people, dogs and the very occasional car, construction or delivery vehicle. Houses … Continue reading Cornwall W-X
Post 18/2022 Thursday 28 April . . . With our stay in Cornwall ending soon, it's hard to hold my weekly amble through the English alphabet to a trot rather than a gallop. Gasp. Tighten the reins. This is slow travel, after-all. As my father concluded after an extended family gathering (that included food, games, … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation U-V
Post 17/2022 Thursday 21 April . . . A segment on BBC Breakfast, Wednesday, featured a dementia choir. Brilliant! People with dementia and their carers sang, motioned and danced with the song, Sweet Caroline. Smiles, engagement, fun. Will we see a national director for dementia appointed to wave the baton for making a joyful noise? … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation S-T
Post 16/2022 Saturday 16 April . . .No place appears immune from issues circling the globe, including in our seaside idyll in Cornwall UK. I use the word "idyll" advisedly, drawing on its definition as a period of happiness, peacefulness and picturesqueness. Those qualities, with deep gratitude, bolster the opportunities, challenges and joys of our … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation Q-R
Post 15/2022 Friday 8 April . . . World attention and response continues to focus on the suffering, death and devastation inflicted by the unprovoked war in Ukraine. How does one come to terms with its gravity? Certainly, many people have responded in positive ways, help coming from individuals, families, communities, organizations, nations. I've also … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation O-P
Post 14/2022 Thursday 31 March . . . My, my, what a fine time we had this week with great-niece Jenny and her husband Rory. They hopped across the pond from Boston, arriving in St Ives after a five-and-a-half-hour Great Western Railway journey from London Paddington. Together we treaded ancient pathways, traipsed through Areas of … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation M-N
Post 13/2022 Friday 25 March . . . Music has helped raise spirits and support for Ukrainians facing the unspeakably devastating invasion of their country. In the early days of the war, seven-year-old Amelia Anisovych sang the Ukrainian national anthem while she and her family were holed up in a bomb shelter in Kyiv, a … Continue reading Cornwall Cogitation K-L
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