Puglia Archives - Helen Walsh

Departures and Arrivals (part 1), The Typewriter Museum, Books and Film/TV.

By Helen WalshPosted on December 22, 2023Posted in LetterboxTagged books, film and TV, helen walsh, Italy, Puglia, typewriter museum, winter solstice

Taking Stock Last night was the winter solstice. Midwinter, the shortest day, the longest night. The ancient astronomers saw the solstice as the moment the sun stood still. A long, winter’s night that even before it finishes, has given birth to the slow climb back toward longer days and a more fiery sun. The Gemini twin-heads of endings and beginnings are on my mind as I write, waiting for the sun to come up. This year, I […]

Puglia, War and Figgy Pudding

By Helen WalshPosted on December 8, 2023Posted in LetterboxTagged Figgy Pudding, helen walsh, Italy, London, Puglia, travel, War

I’m writing to you from the land of figgy pudding, carol concerts and endless streets strung with Christmas lights. December in London – my favourite time of the year. The city is jammed; one taxi driver told me it was the busiest he’d ever seen it in thirty years of driving. I made the mistake of trying to walk Oxford Street between meetings, only to find myself sandwiched in a mosh pit of humans, moving forward […]