Yesterday was publication day for a new Bracken & Wrack newsletter, which fingers crossed you’ll feel hangs together despite its slightly disparate parts. Or maybe not so disparate, as I know our minds tend to flit from one association to another, which for me always seem to align quite closely with the season and its quirks.

So, in ‘Their Winter Eyes: scattered straw & cobble drift’ you’ll find:

• Notes from a January walk along the lane

• A Traditional Wassailing Song

• Poetry by Dylan Thomas

• A Winter Tune: stepping into fairyland

• For The Love of Bella: sad days for the elfin canal-keeper

• A Scattering of Straw: pictures from Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival

  If your curiosity is piqued by any of the above, do come and join us over at Bracken & Wrack as we wassail in the arrival of the snowdrops and the stirring of buds beneath the bark of the apple tree.