A Year of Late Cornish

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans Dogens ha Pemp De Sül, üdnegves mis Kevardhû Sunday, 11th December Ma kevys genam lies radn a'n wedhen Nadelik füg  dhort an vledhen ew passyes. Ma nebes tegednow arhans ha gwydn ha trei thekheans a bredn dhort agan cothmans en Zelond Nowydh.   E'n gwettha pres, na ellama trouvya  gòlowow  veth. My a wra whilas arta avorow. I have found a lot of parts of the artificial Christmas tree from last year. There are several silver and white baubles and three wooden decorations from our friends in New Zealand. Unfortunately, I can't find any lights. I will look again tomorrow.

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans Dogens ha Pajar De Sadorn, degves mis Kevardhû Saturday, 10th December E veu whans dhebm mos bys en Falmeth hedhyw, rag cuntellyans scriforyon, saw na veu hedna possybyl. Pur yeyn ew an gewer. Rewys ew an vorrow ha nei a gawas hager gowas geser - gen keserednow mens pesen. Thew pecar'a ergh war an leur. Nag eus bescath gwelys tra veth kehaval gen an keun! I wanted to go to Falmouth today, for a writers' meeting, but that was not possible. The weather is very cold. The ways are frozen and we had a heavy hail shower - with pea-sized hailstones. It is like snow on the ground. The dogs have never seen anything like it! Gerva hedhyw  Today's  vocabulary cawas  (verb)  to have, get  > preterite  a gawas   cowas  (f)  shower hager gawas  (f)  heavy shower keser  (collective)  hail keserednow  hailstones <  keseren  (f) kewer  (f)  weather mens  (m)  siz...

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans Dogens ha Trei De Gwener, nawhes mis Kevardhû Friday, 9th December My a gar an howl isel en dohajedh gwav, ken mos mes a gwel. Ev a wra gòlowa a-barth a-wòles an cloudys ha cacha parthow west an treven.  Thera nei war an  âls noor. Theram ow mires ort Melinjy ha'n mor, ha ma'n howlsedhes  en barh cledh.  I love the low sun on a winter's afternoon, before it disappears. It will illuminate down below the clouds and catch western parts of the houses. We are on the north coast. I look at Bolingey and the sea, and the sunset is on the left-hand side.

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans Dogens ha Dew De Yow, ethves mis Kevardhû Thursday, 8th December Gwav ew devedhys. De Merher, e'n mettin, thera rew war an glesin. Res ew dhebm gara ow pottys a blansow a-jei. Ha nag ew an gewer gwell hedhyw. Bettegens, moy yeyn ew hei en Montana! My a welas foto deskybel - peder misva a ergh en üdn nos, ha moy dhe dhos. Winter has arrived. On Wednesday, in the morning, there was frost on the lawn. I must put my pots of plants indoors. And the weather isn't better today. However, it's colder in Montana! I saw a student's photo - four inches of snow in one night, and more to come.  

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans Dogens hag Onan De Merher, seythves mis Kevardhû Wednesday, 7th December Ew an seythves dedh a vis Kevardhû dedh specyal? A wrüg neppeth dhe les wharvos war an jedh na? O nei  tòchys e'n jedh hedhyw? En mil eth cans  trei ügens ha seytek, den yonk, Thomas Edison, a dhisqwedhas jynn bian dhe'n bednscriforyon  "Scientific American". An jynn a lavaras. "Mettin da. Fatla geno whei? Fatel ew an fonograf genowgh?" Hebma veu an dallathvos a sonscrifow. Nag ew recordyansow kevys war cylinder folen na velha. Lebmyn nei ell clowes orth Gwenno war linen po an radyo.  Is the seventh day of December a special day? Did anything interesting happen on that day? Are we affected nowadays? In 1877, a young man, Thomas Edison, demonstrated a little machine to the editors of "Scientific American". The machine said, "Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph?" This was the beginning of sound recordings. Recordings are no...

  2022 Dedh Trei Hans ha Dogens De Meurth, wheffes mis  Kevardhû Tuesday, 6th December Agan kentrevoges a gar bestes pajartr òsek - mergh, llamas, keun, cathes. Hy fernas an diwettha ew  üdngorn! L ôwenek ha liwys ew dhe weles hebma en kewer loos ha disliw. Tho an eborn ha'n mor glas - henn ew maga loos avel l üjiw. E veu tabm bian a r ü dh e'n mettin a-varr, saw woja hedna na veu liw veth.  Bes lebmyn ma kylgh adro dhe'n loor. Our neighbour loves four-legged animals - horses, llamas, dogs, cats. Her latest purchase is a unicorn! It's cheerful and colourful to see this in grey and colourless weather. The sky and the sea were grey - that's as grey as ashes. There was a bit of red in the early morning, but after that there wasn't any colour. But now there's a ring around the moon. 

2022 Dedh Trei Hans Nawnjek warn Ügens De Lün, pempes mis Kevardhû Monday, 5th December Omweloryon nag ew ragwelys! Devedhys ew ow mergh ha dew flogh wydn. "Nag eus tredan dhe nei ha gwiasva veth. Nag eus  tòbmheans dhen. Ma caletter. " Anjei a vedn triga genen rag an nos. Re dhiwedhes ew dhe assoylya an caletter. Martesen avorow a vedh deffrans! Unexpected visitors! My daughter and two grandchildren have come. "We have no electricity and no internet. We have no heating. There is a problem." They want to stay with us for the night. It is too late to solve the problem. Perhaps tomorrow will be different!