Lois Elsden

The blue vault of the happy sky

Poems by LoisJuly 3, 2016

A little variety in our methods

Food by LoisJuly 3, 2016

The cave of the bear bones

Archaeology and geology by LoisJuly 3, 2016February 25, 2024

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJuly 2, 2016

Dreaming… woke up to the stars…

Walnut plum and orange conserve

Food by LoisJuly 1, 2016

Places by LoisJuly 1, 2016July 1, 2016

One of my favourite places to visit in Northern Ireland is Benvarden Garden. The settlement of this land may be controversial, but whatever our thoughts about the rights and wrongs of the past, it happened… and this estate was established sometime in the 1630’s; it came into the possession of the Montgomery’s just before the turn […]

A sombre day

The Pity of War by LoisJuly 1, 2016

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 30, 2016June 26, 2016

Definitely not on his tod…

I wrote about expressions for being on your own, ‘on your tod’, ‘on your pat’ and ‘on your Jack Jones’ – the latter has no connection with the singer Jack Jones… but here is jack Jones!