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Dorothy Chalk is a Lancashire lass transplanted to Cumbria after ten years in London (much to her relief) with strong roots here after forty years. The landscape is an inspiration but it is friendship that really nourishes her. Writing is a means of extending that friendship beyond her immediate neighbourhood and keeping family and distant friends aware of her development. She loves playing with words, but it the sound that is most important, reading aloud is a great pleasure |
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| Showcase (21 Mar 05) | |
| Solid Ground | |
| Bedrock; bare, lifeless, lashed by storms; Water wears runnels, freezes to form cracks, Fill with gravel and silt Offering sustenance to seeds Water flows deeper beside us Rivulets mingle to dig a channel Trees tower over the rock Laying their leaves to feed other plants Trees grow and decay Animals grub and graze Later among scattered stone dwellings Cement is laid on this riverside level A tin hut is brought from Carrock Mine To supply the community with a meeting place Now a new building rises here for us Under our feet, a hard-wearing carpet On a tongue-and-groove smooth floor Lower the heating elements, the cement base The foundations, the supporting soil And underneath the rock from whence we were hewn. |
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