It has been an incredibly busy week with birthdays, appointments in the city, and a husband with toothache that resulted in an abstraction that didn’t go as smoothly as he imagined; however, the offending molar, which turned out to be a wisdom tooth, was removed and weeks of pain disappeared within a couple of days. Easter weekend was one to treasure when our family came for lunch. I made a tiramisu to follow the roast turkey and ham with all…..
“Let me show you to your table.” Such simple words did not prepare me for the uninterrupted panorama that is Mounts Bay and St. Michael’s Mount! The day was dull and grey. Torrential rain had followed us to Marazion (the origin of the town’s name is believed to be derived from the old Cornish Marghaisewe, meaning Thursday market), almost drowned us as we ran from the car park to the Godolphin Arms where we were to eat lunch, and then…..
People have been doing horrible things with traditional Cornish recipes for decades now, and primarily to boost the tourist trade. I even saw a curry pasty the other day! Let’s keep it ‘proper’ folks, and leave the carrots and cabbage out of what should be a “turmut, tates and mate,” pasty! As a young child growing up in Liskeard, Cornwall I loved groat or hog’s pudding. The butcher used to make house calls back then and groat pudding was always…..
“So all day long the noise of battle rolled Among the mountains by the winter sea; Until King Arthur’s Table, man by man, Had fallen in Lyonnesse about their lord, King Arthur. Then, because his wound was deep, The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, A broken chancel with a broken cross, That stood on a dark strait of barren land: On one side lay the Ocean, and on one Lay a…..
THE LONGSHIPS LIGHTHOUSE Have you ever stood on the cliff top above the majestic Celtic Sea? Have your lips tasted the briny ocean spray? Have you been touched by its rugged beauty and breath-taking views? Close your eyes and allow your imagination to soar. “However, their westward gaze will, in all probability, be drawn from the distant horizon to focus on a line of rocks barely a mile from where they stand, on top of which rises the shapely symmetry…..
Shiver me timbers! ‘Ave ‘e ever ‘eard of Mark Mixstow? Reverend William Penfold? Lady Killigrew or the Barbary Corsairs? No? Well listen ‘ere me hearties …….. we’ll start with the lady. Lady Killigrew of Arwenack ~ During the sixteenth century the Killigrew family gained notoriety by seizing ships, taking the cargo, and selling both to finance their lifestyle. Although not Cornish by birth, Mary Killigrew, daughter of Philip Wolverston (a “gentleman pirate”) of Wolverston Hall in Suffolk, married Sir John…..
No two writers are alike when it comes to finding your perfect writing space. It needs to suit you, to be individualized to create a comfortable space, be it in the garden shed, a tea shop, coffee shop, pub, cupboard or a room in your house with a good lock on the door. I do most of my writing in an office my husband created for me in our home, but it didn’t start there. The first ten chapters of…..
Welcome to my homeland of Cornwall, Great Britain, on St. Piran’s Day when all Cornish people across the globe will come together to celebrate our National Saint’s Day. Bounded to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and largely separated to the east from the English County of Devonshire by the River Tamar, Cornwall is the homeland of the Cornish people and the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish diaspora. It…..
“Good fortune will nod,if you carry upon you Joan the Wad.” “Joan the Wad,Who tickled the maid and made her mad, Light me home, the weather’s bad.” “In Cornwall, the Otherworld is never far away, it exists just at the liminal edge of normal sight, where the otherworldly comings and goings may occasionally be glimpsed out of the corner of one’s eye.” Traditional Witchcraft-A Cornish Book of Ways by Gemma Gary Who is Joan the Wad? Located in and around…..
Gool Peran is Cornish for St Piran’s Day, which takes place on March 05, and is the national day of Cornwall. I hope you have some special St. Piran’s Day plans for this important occasion! As a kid growing up, there was always saffron cake on the table for tea. At Christmas time my Gran would make enough loaves to fill a regular size suitcase… and they were eaten before the end of twelfth night! Whenever I eat saffron cake…..