
Threadbare

Blackened elder dip their branches into the rivers sweep
flood water has adorned their tips with shredded waste
brought from towns upriver to ocean seas and desecrate
life with thoughts, out of sight out of mind, thrown away.
Amusement break!

Just remember

Pensive writer all at sea!

Missing!

An amusement break from writing!

The history of the countryside
Re-reading Oliver Rackham.
“In South Wales, in contrast, surprisingly much of the ancient landscape has survived industrialization, but there are few pollen diagrams, few medieval documents, few maps earlier than 1750, few timber buildings, few ancient woods in good condition – a historical ecology can be written but it is hard work.”
Oliver Rackham The History of the Countryside 1986 Dent.

(Enclosure and hut lost in overgrown winberry and heather)
Writing and walking

Day three writing regime! Two hours writing or two thousand words! Then a long walk with impatient border collie over the hills!
Time heals

Out on the black tip
time heals
there is regrowth
in the shattered soil
clean air
fills the soul
but memory remains.