Friko's World

Sunday wears a crown, and has a golden beard and a ring. Sunday sings his psalms, and laughs and jokes, and teaches his lessons in a boomi...

with skies of unrelieved grey; wet and grey and muddy underfoot. As if Christmas on its own weren’t bad enough. However, I survived, as I ...

Purely as a lesson in optimism, brave little Periwinkle, I am willing to leave you be;  all you need is a sheltered wall to warm your lea...

"Has there ever been a year for dandelions like this year?” Standing in the kitchen, after his walk with the dog, he looks wistf...

You might ask what’s changed since yesterday : weatherwise it’s all the same. In fact we’ve had more snow today and the going is getting ...

It was reasonably dry yesterday and Beloved and I took ourselves off for Sunday lunch. We followed a previously admired chef and his wif...

If the waist band pinches, don't get rid of the trousers, get rid of the inches. I wish I would listen to myself sometimes. I keep h...

"Of course," said my friend Penelope, "they would both insist on coming to us at Christmas. They both had sisters they coul...

On this misty, frosty Saturday morning the sun finally came out at about eleven and the twigs on the laburnum and amelanchier were still...

A few miles from Valley's End lies undisturbed  and peaceful the small, friendly town of Bishop's Castle with fewer than 2000 in...

MAGPIE TALES No. 61 Drink to forget is wrong, the more you drink, the more you will remember. It's best to drink with meals, before...