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.
The ginger cat of Morrris Lane
Buster, guardian of Morris Lane Well, that’s the name I give the lovely long-haired ginger cat which is always either...
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Another taste of the Harris book
I know from Calne in Photographs facebook messages - currently 3,274 members - that many people have said how much...
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Polonies, pasties and pies
What am I working on? I'll tell you. A new book which I had planned well before lockdown. A subject...
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Time for tea
'Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.'...
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