The Rise and Fall of the Skylark

Impossible conversations and the urge to sing.

Dear friends and deep woodlanders.

I hope wherever you are - town or city, forest or mountain, tropic or temperate zone - that the still-new year is going well for you. This week’s instalment is a story about skylarks and it’s free to all subscribers.

I’m just about caught up with the writing after three months of juggling paintbrushes with one side of m…