Dewi Sant

My father, an ardent Welshman, was always mortified if we didn't have daffodils flowering in the garden for Dewi Sant (or St. David's Day, for the uninitiated!). This year we haven't any out in our own garden yet but my daughter has one or two, pictured above, and this afternoon we were visiting a relative in a residential home in Chepstow where the lounge was alive with great bunches of them. Combined with Welsh cakes for tea, it was a fitting celebration!

An interesting few days to round off the week. On Thursday evening members of my writing group Catchword were the guests at Writers in the Brewery in Cirencester, reading a variety of poetry and prose, as well as a short piece of drama for voices, to a very receptive audience. On Friday afternoon. Rona Laycock and I recorded a programme entitled "Poets Talking" for Corinium Radio, to be broadcast this coming week. I was looking at the sources of inspiration for my poetry and Rona was talking about the background to some of her poems, written during her years abroad in countries such as Pakistan and Egypt at times of great national upheaval, including the assassinations of Benazir Bhutto and Anwar Sadat. Several of them are on her CD "Borderlands" - a fascinating collection to listen to if you should get the chance.