Notes on Seeing, Reading & Writing, Living & Loving in The North
You shouldn’t discuss evil on a Saturday morning. Certainly not before breakfast, nor even during it. But at our kitchen table, things often turn out differently.One morning, clever Siri asks a question that sounds rather naive: “Can nature be evil?”“Well,” says Kb, “there’s something fascinating about evil.”“Kindness is boring!” Selma interjects immediately, thinking of Pippi ...
Selma had been visiting her friends Hildi and Hulda in Cornwall and, as she emphasised, had spent “a thoroughly lovely time” there. People who say “thoroughly lovely” often bring things back with them.When she arrived back at our place yesterday afternoon, she was first greeted with great enthusiasm. Kisses. Hugs. A joyful commotion. Then she ...
“You know,” asks Selma as we chug along a narrow country road in North Norfolk on our way to buy milk and strawberries, “what do we like best about this place?”“The thousands of seals in winter and the hares in spring,” replies Dina without a moment’s hesitation.“Nah, Dina and Kb,” interjects Siri with a grin. ...
It began, as so many philosophical disputes do in our house, with a photograph and a cup of tea. Dina had spread several of her wildlife photographs across the table: seals staring thoughtfully into the mist, a hare frozen mid-leap in the twilight, fungi glowing mysteriously like tiny forest lanterns. Selma studied them with the ...
“What on earth is going on?” – This question floats through our kitchen like a soap bubble. We were just about to crack open a bottle of our finest, because over 400 new followers in just one week! A record! Normally, it takes us months to achieve that. Siri and Selma are immediately in agreement: ...
Siri and Selma have recently become fascinated by pirates after seeing Barbara’s post https://aigantaigh.wordpress.com/2026/03/22/neues-logbuch-neuer-kurs-meine-neue-uber-mich-seite/Klausbernd, alias Masterchen, sets them straight: Siri und Selma schwärmen seit neuestem für Piraten, nachdem sie Barbaras Post…
“Could you please have a think about what we could blog about?”Dina: What about my early morning visit to the hares? Or my first Dartford Warbler building a nest? Goodness me! We really are never spared anything.What on earth are you supposed to blog about when you haven’t experienced anything spectacular?No exhibitions. No trips. No dramatic ...
We wish you all a wonderful World Book Day! A day when you can officially do what we do all the time anyway: love books, buy books, read books, and stack books. Today we celebrate this cultural treasure that transports us to other countries without leaving the sofa, and lets us travel through centuries without ...
Just as we were packing the car and getting ready for the Peak District, Selma s Fairyphone vibrated heavily on the rooftop of our Volvo, and Siri just managed to rescue it in time. It s an email from the WordPress.com team. We did pay the yearly subscription, didn t we? Yes, we did , Dina-Hanne said, let s get on ...
In our work-obsessed civilisation, laziness is anathema. For centuries, philosophers, politicians and self-help gurus have criticised idleness. Solon, the founder of Athenian democracy, supposedly said that laziness is the mother of all evil . One suspects that Solon had never owned a camera, or considered his carbon footprint.Like everything else, photography has swallowed the productivity myth…