A Year of Late Cornish

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Eth warn Ügens De Lün, tryja warn ügens mis Dû Monday, 23 rd November Hedhyw, inflamyes o vy! Ma dhebm gwaryel nowydh. Skith ew ow hamera coth – na vedn ev whethfy an gwel na môy. Na ellama cawas whethfians lowr. Bes lebmyn ma camera gwell – gen gwedrik clôsya. My a gemeras fôtô a (g)Carn Breanek e’n peldar - cans meter pajar ügens ha dewdhek a-ûgh level an mor. My ell gweles an pyllar trihornegyans Arwhithrans an Ordnans. Hag ottòbma an mor, martesen dew vildir alebma. My ell gweles an todnow ha’n mordarth. Ha ellama gweles golfers ow qwary war an tewednow? Pana belder ew Whel Chi war Tonn West? Nag üjy va pur nes. Today, I’m excited! I have a new toy. My old camera is tired – it won’t magnify the view anymore. I can’t get enough magnification. But now I have a better camera -with a zoom lens. I took a photo of St Agnes Beacon in the distance – 192 metres above sea level. I can see the Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar. And here’s the sea, perhaps two mil...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Seyth warn Ügens De Sül, nessa warn ügens mis Dû Sunday, 22 nd November   Nag ew da genam an mis ma. Nag ew da genam bos en dadn naw alwhedh, gen leunstroth. Nag ew da genam an gewer hedhyw. Nag ew da genam own rag an hager virus. Etho, ma othom dhebm a dhiank! My alja mires ort TV po my alja redya. Bes my ell mires ort pictours ha henrosa e’n jedh. Ma dhen imajinacyons – agan bresyow ell gwandra ha gan corfow ow còrtos tre. Nei ell travalya en termyn ha telher. Dewgh genam dhe’n vledhen whetek cans ha peswardhek, en Pow an Flemen. Abel Grimmer a Antwerp a liwyas dewdhek panel predn derow, onan rag keniver mis a’n vledhen. Nag ens bes eth misva ha qwarter en les. Münysednow ens. Abel o lymner tirwedhyow – saw ev a wras egwalys ras a lymnansow gen artistys erel (pecar’a Pieter Bruegel). Na whath, ma manilyon dhe les. Ev a ûsyas scübyllen pur vian. Nei a wel gwelyow, treven, eglosyow, castilly, gonesyjy ha lies best. En mis Gwedngala ma’n bobel ow cuntel av...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Whegh warn Ügens De Sadorn, kensa warn ügens mis Dû Saturday, 21 st November Terweythyow, thera vy ow qweles neppeth nowydh nag eus gwelys genam kens. Ow gour a balas emann an bottel ma et ow lowarth, reb ke pur goth. My a viras war an gwias rag an hanow war an bottel. My a gavas botellow gweder gwedrek pecar’a hebma. En termyn eus passyes (etegves ha nawnjegves cansbledhen) thera marchans en Falmeth ha Truru henwys Carne. Tüs brâs ens – gwicoryon gebmyn keffres ha brihoryon, bragoryon hag oberoryon lovan. Anjei a wrüg gwertha gwin, gwirojow ha corevow a bub ehen. E veu othom dhewgh a negyssyas gen Argentina po Mexico? Whei wrüg mos dhe deylû Carne. Negys gen cowethas golya? Carne arta. Bes an bottel cor? Piw a wrüg eva an cor? Bylder an ke po nebonan a wrüg servya an kiger, martesen. Thera nei longya dhe drouvya eskern. Sometimes, I see something new that I haven’t seen before. My husband dug up this bottle in our garden, by a very old hedge. I looked on t...

  2020 Dedh Trei Hans Pemp warn Ügens De Gwener, ügensves mis Dû Friday, 20 th November Hemm ew trûedh tra. Ma delkyow teg war an slynk y din, saw nag eus flehes en telher veth en ogas. Na ell anjei dos obma dreven nei dhe vos en dadn naw alwhedh. Bes lowen lowr o vy bettegens. Ma flourys teg whath en keow. Nag ew pup tra marow. Na wrüga vy gweles an rosen wydn ma en telher aral. Ew hei rosen gwyls? Martesen thew hei breyluen an pras - radn serhek a hav. Ha prest ma dhen flourys eythin dhe gan cherya. Ma sawarn wheg reb an vôwnder – üdn erberjour a gwav. Aladnen wheg ew hei. Nag ew hei aladnen wir, bes an del ew kehaval. “Heliotrope” gwav ew hei, a-dhort Europ sooth po Afryca noor. Ma flourys mor dû saw na vedh howl lowr rag arvesy an mor. Na ella.ma ajon oll an flourys. Ew hebma kegisen vûgh po caretesen wyls (Las Metêrnes Anna) – po nep tra dheffrans? This is a sad thing. There are pretty leaves on the slide, but there are no children anywhere near. They can’t come here ...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Pajar warn Ügens De Yow, nawnjegves mis Dû Thursday, 19 th November   Truru? Na wrüga vy mos dei dres lies mis. Ma Nadelik ow tos, ha wor an gis a vedha an golowyjyon e’n strêtys tinys, an tryja Merher en mis Dû. Ewedh, a vedha procecyon a lugern. Bes e’n vledhen ma, nag ew an bôwnans pecar’a hedna. Nag eus cübmyas dhe guntel warbarth e’n strêtys. Gwag ew an cita. Rag hedna, newher e veu enowyans furvwir, gen crier an dre. Nag eus lugern nowydh bes ma lies golow nowydh. Otta peneglos spladn. Ma hei ow terlentry. Ha ma eledh ow neyja a-ûgh an strêtys. My a’n gwelas war Facebook.   Truro? I haven’t been there for many months. Christmas is coming, and usually the illuminations in the streets were switched on, on the third Wednesday in November. Also, there was a procession of lanterns. But this year, life’s not like that. There’s no permission to congregate in the streets. The city is empty. Therefore, last night there was a virtual switch on, by the town...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Trei warn Ügens De Merher, etegves mis Dû Wednesday, 18 th November Da ew genam taclow pur vian. Da ew genam taclow münys. Da ew genam patrons herwydh gradhva vian. Theram owth estemya creftoryon ha creftoresow leb ell gwil taclow a’n par-na. Ma othom dhodhans a lagajow da ha besyas codnyk keffres ha pedn awenüs. Ass ew wheg an rüdhek bian ma. Ha ew hebma an gwella chei en oll an norves, gwres nanj ew cans bledhen?  Ma dhodho stevel dhebry, leverva, chombours hag oll sortow romys erel. Ma carrjy, gen kerry spladn, ewedh. Whei ell gweles mens bian oll an taclow münys pa vo comparys gen bregh nebonan. I like very small things. I like tiny things. I like small scale models. I admire craftsmen and craftswomen who can make things like that. They need good eyes and skilled fingers as well as a creative head. How sweet this little robin is. And is this the best house in all the world, made a hundred years ago? It has a dining room, a library, bedrooms and all so...

2020 Dedh Trei Hans Dew warn Ügens De Meurth, seytegves mis Dû Tuesday, 17 th November Ew an dowr ma gover brâs po ryvar bian? Na vern. Pur deg o va en mis Gwedngala, gen skeujow brith ha dastewydnyansow liwys. Nag o caletter en termyn na gans an vorr ha’n ladn. Bes dew vis môy diwedhes otta an pikern ha’n lett. Ma’n ladn ow prowsy ha codha e’n dowr. Ma whel dhe vos gwres. Thera whel dhe wil gen gover aral ewedh. Thera tüs dhort Maynorieth an Kerhydnedh owth obery reb an savla ow musüra. Ma nebes nowydh e’n dowr. Is this water a big stream or a small river? Never mind. It was very pretty in September, with dappled shadows and coloured reflections. There was no trouble at that time with the road and the bank. But two months later, see the cones and the barrier. The bank is crumbling and falling into the water. There is work to be done. There was work to do with another stream as well. There were men from the Environment Agency working by the gauging station. There’s something new...