Embodying the pathway towards ‘Pink Granite’ (Part Two)

Embodying the pathway towards Pink Granite (Part Two) On the road to making Pink Granite I had one more collision with Redhair and Daffodil Friend through an adaptation for the stage. If you didn’t catch it first time around on the blog last year, you can read about that here.   You can also view the edited final performance on my …

In the Steps of the Ancestors

In the Steps of the Ancestors Joseph Waterfield (1858-1933)                                Margaret Prichard (1849-1890) Last month I checked into a quarryman (and woman’s) cottage in Trefor, Gwynedd on the Llŷn Peninsula where three generations of my family lived and worked at the foot of three mountains known as …

It’s Daffodil Time

It’s Daffodil Time Last year Winter brought stillness, nothingness, sleeping, quiet reflection and ancestors who visited both invited and uninvited. Despite this year’s daffodils, crocuses and early tulips, Spring has dragged its feet. We’ve been up to our eyes in rain, rain and yet more rain. But it seems to have stopped and now it is spring; well and truly …