The Folklore of Hearth & Home

If you follow Folklore Thursday on Twitter or Facebook, then you know that this week's theme is the folklore of "home, hearth and household." It seems the perfect time to re-visit this piece I wrote some years ago, when I was leaving the old cottage here in Chagford where I lived before marrying Howard: "The Folklore of Hearth & Home."

The picture above, by Alan Lee, was taken  in the courtyard garden of that beloved old place. Friends live there now (their son was recently born in my old studio), so it's in good hands.