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Nunnington News May 21
The weather in April dominated our May edition. Finally, however, the world is warming up at last, and Spring, hopefully, is on its way. And, for a small village, there is still a lot going on. Sadly, we also record the death of our most senior villager.
Lorna Brooke
Desperately sad to hear of Lorna's death yesterday after her fall at Taunton last week. I've known Lorna since she was just a few weeks old and watched and helped her to grow up - fun times at Pencombe organising her birthday parties, or on the beach at Aberdovey...
Nunnington News April 21
Our April edition of the News captured the spirit of Easter, Spring and renewal through a beautiful pastoral article and news and photos of newborn lambs.
Nunnington News March 21
This edition was devoted, in the main, to recording the snow and floods of the past two months, as well as including three obituaries.
Nunnington News January 21
This is a marathon, 24-page bumper issue to keep our villagers occupied throughout the cold, lockdown months of January and February.
Wonderful weather
Grateful for this morning's wonderful and ideal running weather: cool, a little drizzle, no ice and, most importantly, no wind.
Nunnington News December 20
Lack of time thwarted our plans to make this a bumper edition. Instead, we kept it short, publishing only regular articles and news and information about village events and the new pandemic rules. Next month will be very full!
Nunnington News November 20
We dedicated the November edition of the news to remembering those who had died, particularly during the two world wars. We were fortunate to have people in the village and from around the world with long memories or access to family records.
Friendships rediscovered
It has been a surprise and a joy to reconnect with long lost friends - twice - in the last few days.
A Treachery of Spies
This beautifully crafted story of espionage starts in Paris in 1943 and ends with the murder of an elderly woman in the car park of the Gare d’Orléans in 2018.
Nunnington News October 20
For a small village, its surprising how much goes on, from crop rotation to flying tree branches, serendipity to drawing, sloe gin to kite flying.
Times of change
This is a time of year to rise above the dust and mist of change that obscures our higher vision
Vesper Flights
For Helen Macdonald, author of Vesper Flights, swifts seem to her to be ‘the closest thing to aliens on Earth.’
Breaking bread
The wreckage of the table after the last guest has left. Reinforcing friendships and sharing views is so much more important than simply breaking bread together.
Twelve life truths
Author Anne Lamott, often described as 'the people's author', offers these appealing life truths in her TED talk
Elusive happiness
Can we really achieve a permanent state of happiness. Should we even try?
Nunnington News September 20
We devoted this newsletter to all our farmers and growers, now in the midst of a difficult harvest
Cat comfort blanket
A sign of the approaching autumn, I wonder. Cats, you've just got to love them.
Harvest run
There is something about the harvest. It is what the countryside has been building up to all year.
Wicked World Syndrome
The 'wicked world syndrome' is where we see so much suffering and evil around us that we begin to believe, wrongly, that happiness is not possible.
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