The harvest was gathered this year and I am celebrating some of that with this offering: Sing for your Supper The sharing of the harvest extends beyond the working house over the ocean (or as some fondly call it – the big pond) to America. They have just had a […]

On Breaking the Rule Book: “The thing is, not everyone does it by the book. In the south, they do it by the book, but in the north they don’t do anything by the book. They don’t believe in the book. In Rochdale, they’ve thrown the book out. They don’t […]

“We put them on steps and they have to work their way up the steps until finally they reach the top step when hopefully they are independent enough to go their own way and jump off the top….not literally, we don’t encourage that.” (Funraiser) I landed on the theme of […]

There are etchings on the walls of prisons and workhouses that tell tales and give clues about what lies beneath.  I thought I should scratch something here about one or two things now by way of interpretation or translation to talk a bit more deeply about what has  gone into […]

We took the concert to Heron Corn Mill, Beetham – a place of work that has seen feast and famine.  We were seen by quite a few people in the afternoon and it was good.  This evening was a full moon. Some people had travelled from Lancaster and others from […]