Late Cornish 2021

De Merher, nessa warn ügens mis Kevardhû Wednesday, 22nd December   Nebes ûsadow ew kelmys gans an Vantol. Whei alja golya howlsedhes ken an nos hir po whei alja golya howldrevel wòja an nos hir. Dres lycklod na wrew whei an dhew e'n keth bledhen. Foto-jornalyas Greg Martin eth bys en Pensans dhe gemeres fotos pur dha. Nei ell gweles meur a lôwender ha plesour, gen mûsek, tonsya ha tan. Ma'n bobel ow tegy broghter füg ha maskys fancy. Ma hebyhorsys. Môy solem ew Stonehenge. Otta pagans ha drewydhyon ow welcobma an howl. Alinys ew an meyn rag an howldrevel üdnek ma. Several customs are connected with the Midwinter Solstice. You could celebrate sunset before the long night or you could celebrate sunrise after the long night. Probably you will not do both in the same year. Photojournalist Greg Martin went to Penzance to take very good photos. We can see lots of fun and pleasure, with music, dancing and fire. The people wear mock finery and fantasy masks. There are hobby horses. St...

De Meurth, kensa warn ügens mis Kevardhû Tuesday, 21st December Ma'n vledhen ow treylya. Solabres, ma gwelys genen an diwettha loor leun an vledhen - Loor Yeyn po Loor Rew (ke nag eus rew haneth). Ma fôtô da gen NASA - na ellama gweles manilyon et ow fôtô ow hònan. Lebmyn ma'n loor ow lehe. Thera nei ow qweles diwedh an Sether ha dallath an Aver, saw na ellama gweles an ster own rag constellacyon e'n ebòrn nos ow hònan! Rag certan na ellama gweles lost pesk telher veth. Pandr'ew an Aver; pan vaner lodn eth ewa? Haneth, thew nos an hirra e'n vledhen. Mantollys ew an Norves. Thera an dedhyow ow cotthe a-dhia Golowan, lebmyn anjei a wra hirhe arta. Mantol Gwav lôwen dhe whei! The year is turning. Already, we have seen the last full moon of the year - Cold Moon or Frost Moon (though there is no frost tonight). There's a good photo by NASA - I can't see details in my own photo. Now the moon is waning. We are seeing the end of Sagittarius and the start of Capricor...

  De Lün, ügensves mis Kevardhû Monday, 20th December   Nag eus whans dhe nagonan a daclow dhe fyllel ken Nadelik. O nei anfüjik? Agan rewer a dhallathas teudha gen boos etto. E veu dowr e'n neyth rewy en topp.  Res veu dhebm pobas üdn pizza, trei borger fav ha deg selsigen vegan pur qwyck. Na alja anjei bos dasrewys heb peryl. En gwelha pres, an neythow erel a veu da lowr. A wrüg an rewer fyllel? Na wrüg. Nebonan a gnackyas an bòton controlya. Eus neppeth aral ell fyllel? Entei! Hedhyw e veu othom dhen a blobmer. Ew hedna anfüjik? Lôwen o vy na wrüg an toylet fyllel Du Nadelik!      Nobody wants things to go wrong before Christmas. Are we unlucky? Our freezer started to defrost with food in it. There was water in the freezer drawer at the top. I had to bake one pizza, three bean burgers and ten vegan sausages very quickly. They could not be re-frozen without risk. Fortunately, the other drawers were OK. Has the freezer broken down? No. Someone kn...

De Sül, nawnjegves mis Kevardhû Sunday, 19th December Pandra wrüga vy scrifa war an jedh ma e'n vledhen eus passyes? Deffrans ew an gewer. Res veu dhen degy bombadys (bottow stanch) drefen bos gleb an gewer. E veu dowr war an vôwnder ha down veu Gover Belinjy. Lebmyn segh ew an vôwnder drefen bos pib nowydh dhort an poll. An gewer hedhyw ew yeyn, segh ha gwenjek. Na alja nei kerdhes pell hedhyw - thera an maw bian gena nei arta ha thera nown dhodho. Thew ev gwag pup pres! Dres lycklod ma va ow tevy üskis. Nag eus fôtôs nowydh hedhyw. What did I write on this day in the past year? The weather was different. We had to wear wellingtons (waterproof boots) because the weather was wet. There was water on the lane and Bolingey Stream was deep. Now the lane is dry because there is a new pipe from the pond. The weather today is cold, dry and windy. We could not walk far today - the little boy was with us again and he was hungry. He is always hungry! He is probably growing fast. There are no...

De Sadorn, etegves mis Kevardhû Saturday, 18th December Ma rim coth en Kernôwek ow talla: Eus keus? Eus po nag eus? Hedhyw an lavar a dal bos: A vedh Nadelik? Vedh po na vedh? Vedh res dhebm cawas cübmyas porth Covid rag omweles war ow mab hag y veyny rag kidnyow Nadelik? Na vedn ow hôr wheg gara Kernow rag omweles war hy hôr hy hònan. Nag eus whans dhe nagonan bos clav. E veu towl dhe nei dhe genewal gans agan mergh, bes nag ew hedna possybyl na velha. Res vedh dhen fittya an boos agan hònan. Pandra wren? Yar Gyny ew tradicyonal, gen tettys rôstys, stoffyas ha cawlenigow. Bes nag ew da genam yar Gyny ha re vian ew ow vorn en neb cas. Na vadna vy rôstya yar Gyny. Ow gour a bernas kig bowin dhe wil hogednow!   An old rhyme in Cornish begins: Is there cheese? Is there or isn't there? Today the saying should be: Will there be Christmas? Will there be or won't there be? Will I have to have a Covid passport to visit my son and his household for Christmas dinner? My sister-in-law won...

De Gwener, seytegves mis Kevardhû Friday, 17th December Terweythyow, nag eus beawta brâs e'n bes en gwav, bes res ew whilas an peth eus. Res ew bos grajek rag mercys bian, ajon an taclow bian e'n bôwnas. An mor ell bos teg e'n kettermyn ha bos anwheg. Ma tecter rew e'n loor leun haneth, gen halo liwys oll adro. Diw gajik gebmyn ew lôwen, fuchsia ros liw ha purpur ew lôwenek. Ha keniver plüven war yar vrith ew ober art! Sometimes, there's not any great beauty in the world in winter, but one must seek what there is. One must be thankful for small mercies, appreciate the little things in life. The sea can be beautiful at the same time as being unfriendly. There is an icy beauty in the full moon tonight, with a coloured halo all around. Two common little daisies are happy, a rose and purple fuchsia is cheerful. And every feather on a speckled hen is a work of art. Deg ger rag hedhyw  Ten words for today ajon  ( SWFM  aswon )  to acknowledge, appreciate an keth ha  t...

De Yow, whetegves mis Kevardhû Thursday, 16th December An gewer alja bos trist bes whath thew res kerdhes rag an yehes. Na res bos lobba loven. Possybyl ew dhe vires orth tüs erel ow lavürya. Ma meur a whel oll adro. Na res dhe nei bos trist agan hònan. Lebmyn nei ell kerdhes war drolergh coth, martesen trolergh ûsyes gen tüs bal po mengleudhyoryon. En termyn a vedn dos nei a vedn kerdhes war an vorr liesporpos nowydh war an vorr gledher forsakys. An jynnys brâs a wra mos, bes a vedh kerdhoryon saw dhort beikers ha marhogyon?  A vedh an bonsvorr saw avel pons kerdh?   The weather could be dreary but one must still walk for one's health. One must not be a couch potato. It's possible to watch other people working. There's a lot of work all around. We don't have to be gloomy ourselves. Today we can walk on an old footpath, perhaps a footpath used by miners or quarrymen. In future we will walk on the new multi-purpose track on the abandoned railway. The big machines will...