I am Dee La Vardera, a writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and dabble in poetry. I have published non-fiction books relating to local history and events during World War Two.
‘Dewfall-hawk’ is Thomas Hardy’s poetic word for the nightjar which appears in ‘Afterwards’, a favourite poem of mine.
Whatever the medium – poetry, prose, music, painting, sculpture or photography, it is a joy to have the freedom to express oneself and to share one’s view of the world with others.
Three hares a-leaping
I’m sorry to say that the three hares are only straw decorations on a thatched cottage in Bishops Cannings. I...
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All the time in the world – alphabetical days – O
Alphabetical Days O is for out and about & odds and ends Calne, Bromham, Devizes and Market Lavington
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Going in the right direction
There is only one way to go with your writing – forward. One word at a time, then a sentence,...
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The language of lockdown
I can hear a neighbour a few doors down playing the piano. It’s 'The Entertainer' again – Scott Joplin’s joyous...
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