A Year of Late Cornish

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Peswardhek De Sül, nessa mis Est Sunday, 2nd August Nicholas Boson a scrifas daralla Jowan Chei a Horr e'n seytegves cansbledhen. Res veu dhe Jowan whilas whel dhe wil. "Pana whel ellesta gwil?" a wovydnas tiek. Jowan alja gwil "pub whel oll". Pana whel era war vargen tir e'n seytegves cansbledhen? An imajys ma a veu liwys e'n seytegves cansbledhen gen artyss dhort Pow Belj. Nag ew Kernow, saw thera an whel en pub le kehaval. Thera an düs ow trehy gora en mis Gorefen. Nei ell gweles deys gora brâs en gwel gora. Ma nebonan ow còsca e'n gora. Martesen ev ew skith! En mis Est, res veu dhodhans trehy an ys, martesen barlys dhe wil corev. Cuntellys o en manalow. Thera cromednow ha fylhyow rag trehy. Nag era jynnys. Nicholas Boson wrote the story John of a Ram's House in the seventeenth century. John had to look for work to do. "What work can you do?" a farmer asked. John could do "every sort of work". What w...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Terdhek De Sadorn, kensa mis Est Saturday, 1st August Tryja mis an hav ew, ha whath üdn jedh tòbm moy. E veu cowas e'n nos, saw nag o lowr. Thera vy ow teudha. Nag ew da genam mos mes a'n chei. Re grev ew an howl rag ow crehen. Nag eus whans dhebm a vos dhe poyow erel rag degolyow. Re galish (galys) ew vajya. Martesen Islond alja bos moy yeyn! Yey! Ma othom dhebm a rew. Pandr'eus e'n yeyner ha stiver? Ma dehen rew, bes na dal vy debry dehen rew (re a shòger). Frûtys rewys ew an gorryp (gorthyp)! Caletter assoylys. It's the third month of summer, and yet another hot day. There was a shower in the night, but it was not enough. I am melting. I don't like going out of the house. The sun is too strong for my skin. I do not want to go to other countries for holidays. Travelling is too hard. Perhaps Iceland could be colder! Ice! I need ice. What is there in the fridge and freezer? There is icecream, but I should not eat icecream (too much sugar)...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Dewdhek De Gwener, üdnegves warn ügens mis Gorefen Friday, 31st July Bestes a res debry. Üdn sîn a vownans ew othom a sòsten. Plansow ell ûsya nerth dhort an howl bès ma othom dhe enevales a voos. Ma tavas hir dhe'n wenenen, rag eva nectar leun a shòger dhort an flourys. Ma gwenen ow neyja e'n ayr dhort flour dhe flour, bes mons ow hedhy dhe vaga. Ma eskelly-grehednas ow neyja e'n ayr ewedh, bes mons ow helhy aga boos ow neyja. Pur üskis ens, nag üjens ow hedhy. My alja gweles dew anodhans e'n gordhûher. Ma nebes edhyn ow neyja dhe'm gwedh avalow ha piga an avalow. Pur browys ew an avalow. (Henn ew da rag an gohy!) Ma gwyweres ow crambla po lebmel rag aga hedhes. Terweythyow my ell gweles merkys dens. Ma whans dhe'n gwiweres a know coll ewedh. Ellowgh gweles onan? Animals must eat. One sign of life is the need for nutrition. Plants can use energy from the sun, but animals need food. The bee has a long tongue, to drink nectar full of sugar...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans hag Üdnek De Yow, degves warn ügens mis Gorefen Thursday, 30th July A dal vy omglowes lôwen po trûan, lôwenek po trûedhek? Ma'n bes ow merwel en syger. Thera nei ow lesky glow, oyl ha gass, ha gwil carbon dioxid. Ma hedna ow cacha tòbmder an howl. Ma puptra ow tòbma. Ma bankednow rew ow teudha. Ma tanyow gwels. Ma meur a düs ow kelly trevow. M a natûr ha gôdhvôwnans ow suffra. Kens es obery warbarth hag assoylya an caletter, ma governanjow ow qwerrya. Trûedh ew hedna. Nag ew an temperedh òbma bes nawnjek degre. Pur gles ew hebma. E veu glaw dhen moy a-varr. An sevy ha reden ew afinys en gwiajow kenis gen jowals. Res ew dhebm minwherthin. Should I feel happy or sad, joyful or miserable? The world is slowly dying. We are burning coal, oil and gas, and making carbon dioxide. That is trapping the sun's heat. Everything is heating up. Ice caps are melting. There are wild fires. Many people are losing homes. Nature and wild life is suffering. Instead of working t...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Deg De Merher, nawes warn ügens mis Gorefen Wednesday, 29th July Haneth, da via genam gweles an loor leun ow hònan, bès na ellama! Re isel ew hei e'n sooth, ha ma gwedh ha menedhyow ow lettya ow gwel. Loor Leun Yorgh ew hei. Rag fra "Yorgh"? Drefen bos an bestes ow tevy aga hern. Ew "yergh" a vry en Kernow?  An re ma ew henwyn teleryow ow tòchya "hedh", "carow" ha "kyrwes ~ kerwys", "ewik" ha "ewiges ~ ewigy", "yorgh ~ yorth" ha "yergh  " dhort Craig Weatherhill. Ma nebes henwyn en Sowsnek Coth, bès lies en Kernôwek. En termyn eus passyes thera lies hedh en Kernow, theram ow pedery. Hedh o a bris. Da o gen tüs rych helhy (ha debry kig carow). E veu tre rag maga keun. Ha whath ma park hedh dhe Gwarth an Dre. Tonight, I'd like to see the full moon myself, but I cannot. It is too low in the south, and there are trees and hills blocking my view. It is a Buck Full Moon. ...

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Naw De Meurth, ethves warn ügens mis Gorefen Tuesday, 28th July Lowen o vy hedhyw. My a veu sowdhenys gen cothmans. Na wrüga vy aga gweles termyn hir. Trigys ens pell dhort Kernow, saw hedhyw anjei a dheth dhort Castel Boterel dhe'm visitya. Cothmans o nei trei ügens bledhen ha terdhek. Merastawhei ow hothmans. Lebmyn skith o vy. Nei a gowsas termyn hir! I am happy today. I was surprised by friends. I hadn't seen them for a long time. They live far from Cornwall, but today they came from Boscastle to visit me. We have been friends for 73 years. Thank you my friends. Now I'm tired. We talked for a long time!