With the days shortening, my winter persona emerges. It’s probably there all the time, latent and lurking, waiting for the sun to dip below the tree line, waiting for darkness to send me scurrying indoors at 4.30pm and cabin up for another long night. This winter alter-ego is quieter, introspective, hungry to learn, is philosophical, […]

As Sue Swift asked in a comment on an earlier entry, why do we close over winter and what do we do while we’re closed? The answer to the first question is simple – I have just followed the pattern set by previous owners in closing at the end of September, and since that was […]