Elvers by Moonlight | David Knowles | Substack

The ghost with a bucket that sings

The heron clocks off at the chimes of dusk and flies up high into the last of the valley’s light to find her way home.

Apr 2, 2024 •

Sinkholes, swallows and possibility’s pot

It is more than a year now, since I began telling you tales of Mallerstang, the north-Pennines valley in which we live.

Jun 11 •

The juniper tree and a vole’s soul

Up on Birkett Common, a short climb above our house, there is one last old juniper tree.

May 21 •

All glory is fleeting

Crab apples and Westmorland damsons

May 7 •

In a long dry spell

Spring moles and badger bones

Apr 23 •

Elvers by Moonlight

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