A Year of Late Cornish

  2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Pemp De Gwener, wheffes warn ügens mis Meurth Friday, 26th March Fatla geno whei? Fatel ero whei ow kil? Fatel ellen nei bos en yehes da dres oll an leunstroth ma? Fatel ellen nei scodhya dadder a'n corf ha gwitha agan compòster bres? Da ew kerdhes e'n powdir, nei a dal bos emesk gwedh. Gwedh a vedha rei dhen tecter en gwenton, skeuj en hav ha, terweythyow, boos en kidnyadh. An liw glas chlorophyll ew liw nebes yeyn ha cosel dh'agan lagajow - ma va ow lehe sqwithter an lagas. Bes da ew gen radn an bobel pònya. Hedna a vedha hastya an pòlcolon - ha ma le a dermyn dhe vires adro ha madra natûr.  Ha COVID-19? Na venja nei cawas hedna e'n chei. Thera an vacsin dhe radn ahanen, ha ma daffar dhe r'erol rag omassaya.     How are you? How are you doing? How can we be in good health throughout this lockdown? How can we support physical fitness and maintain our sanity? It's good to walk in the countryside, we should be among trees. Trees gi...

  2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Pajar De Yow, pempes warn ügens mis Meurth Thursday, 25th March Ma lavar coth: Nag eus goon heb lagas na ke heb scovarn. Bes piw a bew an lagajow ha'n scovornow? Thera vy ow mires ha terweythyow theram ow qweles! Pandr'ew hebma en gwel - heb gwayans po son. Kerhydh loos ew, theram ow pedery. Rag fra üjy hei ena? Üjy hei ow còrtos neppeth? Ma'n dowr bian war drenewen aral an vorr (fordh). Nag eus pesk e'n gwel. Martesen hei ell cachya qwilkyn. Ma dhedhy garrow ascornek hir, ha codna hir - ha ma mir ownek lowr dh'y gelvin. Ma fesont en keth gwel, reb an ke - saw ma va ow qwaya re üskis rag ow foto. Nag üjy an cònin en park aral ow pònya terebo clowes lev ow gour. Bes otta bran vold ow mires orten reb an park kerry. There is a proverb: There is not a down without an eye nor a hedge without an ear. But who possesses the eyes and the ears? I look and sometimes I see! What is this in a field - without movement or sound? It's a grey heron, I ...

   2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Trei De Merher, pajwora warn ügens mis Meurth Wednesday, 24th March Richat Gendall a scrifas adro dhe vran vrâs ow neyja ha terneyja a-ûgh radn a Gernow. " Ma hei ow tremena dres ker dhiswres." Ma moy es pajar ügens ker en Kernow. Pe ker a wrüg Gendall menya? Otta onan brâs - Castel an Dinas. "Ma men co a veu derevys gen metêrn er co y vab, alebma mil vledhen ha'n hanter." Pana men ew hedna? Otta men scrifys pur goth (henwys "Mên Scryfa") - saw nag üjy va ogas dhe'n castel na. "Òbma eglos war ladn an heyl." Ew hebma an eglos na - Wynnek reb an Fowy? "En termyn an nos ma'n dorhok ow crowdel." Na wrüga vy besca gweles dorhok - ha pana son ew hedna? "Hei eth rag er na wrüg hei terneyja an gorlivyow (Golitha)." Nena hei eth tre. Richard Gendall wrote about a raven flying and hovering above part of Cornwall. "She passes over a ruined hillfort." There are more than eighty hillforts i...

   2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens ha Dew   De Meurth, tryja warn ügens mis Meurth Tuesday, 23rd March Nanj ew üdn vledhen, dhort Strêt Downing, Kensa Menyster an Wlascor Ûnyes a dheclaryas stròthans a gan gwrians ha gwayans, drefen bos cleves pandemyk. En kensa, en 2019 en China, e veu derivas adro dhe vagas a gasys fakel skevens kelmys gen marhas vrâs ow qwertha puskes ha bestes bew. Martesen an cleves a dhallathas en eskelly-grehednas. An cleves a lesas bys en Europ. COVID-19 henwys o ev. An kensa cas en Kernow, en mis Meurth, a veu triger Kernow devedhys tre dhort radn Italy tòchys gen an virus. En scon thera lies cas ha lies mernans. E veu own fol! Stylednow an shoppys o gwag. Lebmyn, gwrewgh perthy co: gòrtos hewol, rowlya an virus, gwitha bôwnas.     One year ago, from Downing Street, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom announced a restriction of our activity and movement because there was a pandemic. Initially, in 2019 in China, there was a report a...

    2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens hag Onan   De Lün, nessa warn ügens mis Meurth Monday, 22nd March Dedh Keswlasek moy ew hedhyw - Dedh Dowr an Bes. Thewa dedh bledhednek an Nacyons Ûnyes leb üjy gòrra poos war les dowr er ha glan. Ma materow ow tòchya dowr a ell bos evys, glanythter ha taclow yahek. Ma radnow an bes na ell cawas dowr lowr - nag eus glaw lowr. Res ew dhe'n benenes kerdhes lies mildir. Terweythyow thew an dowr posnys gen whel-oberow ow kil mostedhes. Ha'n morow brâs ew leun a blastek.   It's another International Day today - World Water Day. It's an annual United Nations day that highlights the importance of fresh, clean water. There are topics relevant to drinking water, hygiene and things concerning sanitation. Some parts of the world can't get enough water - there is not enough rain. The women have to walk many miles. Sometimes the water is poisoned by industry producing pollution. And the oceans are full of plastic. Deg ger rag hedhyw:   Ten words fo...

    2021 Dedh Pajar Ügens De Sül, kensa warn ügens mis Meurth Sunday, 21st March Thera vy ow redya nebes war vlogg ow howeth,  "https://nebesgeryow.blogspot.com/".  Richat Gendall a dhescrifas nebes deves avel " para an menedh, dû ga mîn". An bestes ma ew ehen pur goth, henwys e'n eur-ma "mîn dû Alban". A wrüg anjei dos dhort Scottlond e'n kensa dallath? Piw a wôr? En dedhyow pell tremenys, martesen, deves en Kernow o dû et tien, pecar'a deves menedh Kembra. Nag eus kernow bes dhe'n hordhes. Thew an deves heb corn, mool. Hedhyw e'n jedh thew brâssa radn an dheves crowsegys, ehenow kemyskys. I'm reading something on my friend's blog, "https://nebesgeryow.blogspot.com/". Richard Gendall describes some sheep as "the mountain flock, with their black faces/muzzles" These animals are a very old breed, nowadays called "Scottish blackface". Did they come from Scotland originally? Who knows? In days long gon...