A Year of Late Cornish

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pemp De Sül, dewdhegves mis Hedra Sunday, 12th October  My a res kerdhes hanter mildir dhort agan chei dhe'n trigva bus. Ma keow ha gladnow reb an vorr (nag eus trolergh). My a wel an sêsons ow chânjya. En kidnyadh thera nei ow qwetyas scavellow cronak brâs. Thew hav re dobm ha segh ragtans. Moy yeyn ha gleb ew kidnyadh. Mor dû gwedhrys ew ragwelys, ewedh (wòja Gool Mehal). Bes an velyonen ma ew sowdhan. Nag ew gwenton. Gwav nag ew gwelys gena nei whath.   I have to walk half a mile from our house to the bus stop. There are hedges and banks by the road (there is no footpath). I see the seasons changing. In autumn we are expecting large toadstools. Summer is too hot and dry for them. Autumn is colder and wetter. Shrivelled blackberries are foreseen, too (after Michaelmas). But this violet is a surprise. It is not spring. We have not seen winter yet.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Pajar De Sadorn, üdnegves mis Hedra Saturday, 11th October Dedh nowydh, dedh deffrans ha dedh gwell. My a dremenas an mettin en Falmeth gen nebes còthmans. Nei a wrüg eva te, debry tesednow ha scrifa gwersyow (heb rîmys). Nena my eth dhe Pennryn rag kidnyow gen ow mab hag y wreg. Coges pur dha ew ow gohydh. Pa veu devedhys tre aga mebyon nei oll a vetyas gen ow gour ogas dhe'n mor ha perna dehen rew. An vebyon a venja mos dhe'n park gwary. Etho, otta nei - flehes bian ha flehes brâs! A new day, a different day and a better day. I spent the morning in Falmouth with some friends. We drank tea, ate cake and wrote verses (without rhymes), i.e. blank verse. Then I went to Penryn for dinner with my son and his wife. My daughter-in-law is a very good cook. When their sons came home we all met my husband near the sea and bought ice cream. The boys wanted to go to the play park. So here we are - little kids and big kids!

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Trei De Gwener, degves mis Hedra Friday, 10th October Na dal dhebm croffolas, gellys ew an Covid, saw nag ew da genam an gewer hedhyw. Ma pâs ha drog branja genam arta ha nag ew an gewer heweres. Skith o vy. Ma othom dhebm a gòsca. Martesen avorow a vedh gwell. Na wrüga vy gweles na howl hedhyw na loor haneth. An fôtô ma? Dhort "Surfcam" reb an treth en Tywar'n heyl (Porthperan). Morlenel ew. Nag eus todnow brâs drefen nag eus gwens. I shouldn't complain, the Covid has gone, but I don't like the weather today. I have a cough and a sore throat again and the weather is not helpful. I'm tired. I need to sleep. Perhaps tomorrow will be better. I saw neither sun today nor moon this evening. This photo? From "Surfcam" by the beach in Perranporth. The tide is in. There aren't big waves because there isn't any wind.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Dew De Yow, nawes mis Hedra Thursday, 9th October Hemm a dalvia bos ow hensa "vlogg", bes na ellama y wil. Na vedn ev obery. This should have been my first "vlog", but I can't do it. It won't work.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Pajar Ügens ha Wonan De Merher, ethves mis Hedra Wednesday, 8th October An daralla bian ma ew aswonys da dres oll an bes. Martesen, nag eus othom a dreylyans. Whedhel ew rag oll an bes. Descans ew ow tòchya radna. Saw ma whedhel aral gen hanow pecar, ow tòchya falsury. This little tale is internationally well known. It's a story for all the world. Perhaps, there's no need of translation. It's a story for all the world. It's a lesson about sharing. But there is another story with a similar name, about trickery. Ma den coth ow kerdhes en pow. Devedhys ew ev en treveglos bian. Ma ’n düs ow cüdha et aga treven. “Rag fra ma own dhe whei ? Theram ow whilas neb le dhe gòsca ha neppeth dhe dhebry. Hemm ew oll”  “Ke dhe ves, den anketh! Nag eus tabm boos vetholl dhe nei . Gwag o nei . ”  “Na amownt. My a wra fyttya cawl men raga nei oll.” Ma calter brâs dhodho . Ma va ow còrra an calter dhe’n dor ha dalla gwil tan. “My a venja cawas badna dowr.” ...

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans ha Pajar Ügens  De Meurth, seythves mis Hedra Tuesday, 7th October Gen Norves leun a vestes, brâs ha bian, nag ow whei nevra 'gas honan oll. Martesen nag ero whei aga gweles, bes ma cowethas dhewgh, en dadn an dor, war an dor ha dadn droos, ha war vadn. Nei a gar radn anodhans, edhyn rag sampel, bes ma nebes ew casadow dhe nei. Ma godhes dor ha mòryon dadn agan glesin; nei ell gweles bernyow bian. Nag eus bernyow dhe'n melwhes ma. Ma othom dhen a sart dh'aga debry. Preves ew tecka!  With the Earth full of animals, large and small, you are never all alone. Perhaps you do not see them, but you have company under the ground, on the ground and underfoot, and up above. We love some of them, birds for example, but some are distasteful to us.  There are moles and ants under our lawn; we can see little mounds. These slugs don't have mounds. We need a hedgehog to eat them. Caterpillars are prettier!

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens ha Nawnjek De Lün, wheffes mis Hedra Monday, 6th October Da via genam mires ort an loor leun e'n nos haneth, saw na ellama. Re gomolek ew an eborn, na ellama gweles golow veth. My a welas an loor nanj ew diw nos, e'n termyn Enawel Amy. Thera hei ow dos ha mos a-dhelher dhe'n cloudys drefen an gwens. I would like to look at the full moon tonight, but I can't. The sky is too cloudy, I can't see any light. I saw the moon two nights ago, at the time of Storm Amy. It was coming and going behind the clouds because of the wind.

  2025 Dedh Dew Cans Trei Ügens hag Etek De Sül, pempes mis Hedra Sunday, 5th October  En hav, spladn ew liwya mes a-jei "en plein air", en gewer deg, heb gwens ha heb glaw. Saw lies gweyth moy esy ew bos en stûdiô gen fôtô. Possybyl ew dhe gemeres fôtô üskis dhort telher calish. Na alja whei nevra bos sedhys ena gen agas canfas. Joe Armstrong a dhisqwedhas dhe'm bagas art fatel dhe wil brith bewek a Porth Ia dhort pictour argrafys nebes blewek - treven, treth ha trei scath. Joe a ûsyas liwyow oyl gen collel palet (heb scübylen veth). En kensa, skeujow an treven, an treth ha'n mor ew gòrrys war an canfas garow. Nena, an temigow ew addyes, tabm ha tabm, ow checkya an pictour. Ma vosow ha tohow ha beistry dhe'n treven. Ma scathow bian ha dastewydnyansow dhe'n mor. In summer, it is great to paint outdoors "en plein air", in fine weather, without wind and without rain. But often it is more comfortable being in a studio with a photo. It is possible to tak...