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.
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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Open for business
In a previous blog I described a walk down Walcot Street, now known as Bath’s Artisan Quarter. Sadly, I have...
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And they all came home
Leonard, William, John, Herbert, Ernest, Reginald and father, Walter, the Love family, butchers of Chippenham, all safe and sound. What...
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All that glitters
Christmas Tree Festival at St John the Baptist Church, Devizes Well done to Wiltshire Museum for displaying 'replicas' of their...
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