100 words for snow It’s coming: tiny white asterisks on the forecast. Precipitation slithers from ‘now here’s the weather’ into a real news item. Tilting to lead skies optimistic. The way orange smoulders at the horizon. Fragile, original, flakes on my sleeve It’s not lying. Then the jolly dotty fluttering Hollywood puffs of flattering fluff […]
Crunch – 100 words
Crunch White glows at the edge of predawn blinds. Aliens landing? Nearly as exciting: it’s snowing! Acid sharp inhales and, eventually, blue light that draws the mountains closer. Crunch. Snowballs tight packed and launched on the way to school, put your big coat on… and your gloves. But snowballs are banned. Aye right. Crunch. First […]
Postcards from Christmas in Norway
Airport anxiety. There’s a line of people, shuffling and peering forward. Is it the right queue? Where should I be? What’s happening? Bladders are full, bellies are empty, smokers need nicotine and children whinge. Not just children. We like our plans to unroll exactly as we, well, planned them. So then, why are we in […]
Courchevel: The beautiful winter resort of the Alps
Courchevel is the ultimate winter destination for all skiing enthusiasts. It is part of the Three Valleys area “Les Trois Vallees“, the largest and highest ski resort in Europe, which has access to 600 km of ski slopes (in Courchevel there are 150 of the 600 km of slopes) with excellent snow quality. There […]
You can’t have Narnia without first stepping into the wardrobe
The snow’s all gone now. Four tiny degrees (the buttoning of a meteorological cardigan) and we’re back to watery grey and green, plough lines and mud. It’s making me think about all the small things and their big consequences. You know – the lines that create a novel, the chocolates resisted and the pennies not […]