Katherine Napier
The Turning
Two days ago the world turned us past the solstice, the northern hemisphere’s longest day. It all starts with snowdrops, emerging...
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Katherine Napier
- May 29
- 3 min
Is it that time again?
I look back, and it has been a month since I last stepped out of the door to greet the world – that piece of it that knows about this...
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Katherine Napier
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Time and Faith
Easter weekend, and knowing what day it is. More about time – it seems to be following me about. It’s Good Friday, but it feels like...
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Katherine Napier
- Mar 28
- 5 min
Climbing to the light
March 27 is a birth-day of mine. I like to count my sons’ birthdays as mine too – the days I birthed. It’s also a bit of a portal in the...
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Katherine Napier
- Mar 24
- 2 min
The Green Fuse
Equinox passed. Clocks change at the weekend. Snowdrops have given way to daffodils, catkins to pussy willow, the camelias’ defiance of...
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Katherine Napier
- Mar 15
- 2 min
Lengthening days
‘I’m not going to the practice tonight’ I decided a couple of weeks ago. I’d spent the afternoon sad and angry, increasingly more angry...
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Katherine Napier
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Before February departs ...
Today is a turning point. Not that every day doesn’t offer turning points, but today there are celandines shining through the ivy leaves...
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Katherine Napier
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Daring to be
So here’s the thing. Bit of a long story, but shortly, thanks to a lovely life coach, I’m standing on some kind of threshold. The...
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Katherine Napier
- Nov 27, 2020
- 1 min
Connecting in spite of Covid
At this time of year, I'd have a number of dates in my diary - dates of vestment fairs at theological colleges across the South of...
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Katherine Napier
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
Moving on
Where was white, in May Scarlet fuit gleam in hedgerows Prefiguring Yule
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Katherine Napier
- May 29, 2020
- 1 min
Springlight
The sun rising Slides the palate knife of its rays through the blinds and butters my walls with light
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Katherine Napier
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Maytime
As if 'tweren't enough Bright spring green meets deep spring blue Comes May to snow-blind
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Katherine Napier
- May 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Corona Paradox
It is the best of times – it is the worst of times. It is a time of quiet and expansion – it is a time of boredom and restriction. It is...
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Katherine Napier
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Making a start
It's always felt as though a blog would be a Good Thing. But what to say? Where to start? To start at all? But these are extraordinary...
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