review of my year – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

A Honeyed Tale: The 2023 Beekeeping Season in Review

The mole inspects some queen cells Now that most of my beekeeping work for this season has finished, and my book manuscript is off to the publishers, tax return information sent off, BFA magazine printed … I can start to…

a rainbow over the Kyles of Bute in tighnabruaich

2 Jan 23 Walrus

Aging Is Good For The Ego

Rainbow over the Kyles of Bute I used to think that 60 yrs is quite old, but now that 2023 has arrived – the year in which I will have been alive for six decades (hopefully) – I’m thinking that…

An old shot of Buckfast abbey by David kemp

26 Dec 18 Walrus

Ups and downs of 2018

As Confucius almost certainly once said, "It's the Yin and Yang, innit?" in answer to questions about why life is so rarely all black or all white, but is both at the same time. I am at peace with this.…