Flipping the switch

"Grace will meet you in the valley, and her song will carry you home on the wind to another sky filled with ethereal beauty unfolding and love everlasting." 

Shannon L. Alder

Apart from spelling "Grace" incorrectly (Charis, Shannon, Charis!) it remains a lovely thought that our valley is filled not only with remarkable winter beauty, but also with a song for those stilled enough to hear.

And how could you not be stilled by such a place.

Wrapped up in the warm glow of crystallised winter

Our home pace now slows to treacle: fill the fire, fill our bellies, sit back and soak in a glass of wine and meditative conversation which is occasionally punctuating an enveloping quiet appreciation of this deep winter.

We have seen others scurrying about clutching brollies and lined jackets close to ward off the promise of such peace. Embrace it we say - the song is there waiting to carry us home.