I am Dee La Vardera, writer and photographer from Wiltshire. I write magazine features, short stories and non-fiction books on local history and WW2-related subjects. ‘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.
Record time
From Lascaux’s prehistoric cave paintings to illuminated manuscripts on vellum to 25 million books in the British Library, we have...
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Chinese New Year
And it's the Year of the Pig- who'd have guessed? Thank you Wiltshire Museum for this tweet. Wiltshire Museum (@WiltshireMuseum)...
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Winter wonderland
Silence. A white winter wonderland. Schools are closed. Chance to take out the sledge, make a snowman. No one driving...
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My favourite Christmas present
Not a Rolex watch, a Caribbean cruise or tickets for Bruce Springsteen. Or a spa weekend, dinner for two at...
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