It is now difficult to know what artist Wyndham Lewis really meant when he spoke about his group of friends in 1937 saying “we are the first men of a future that has not materialized”. He may have thought this about his own time only, but it strikes me that this statement rings equally true again today and I can but take hope from this thought as, though constantly reminded of difficult, even apocalyptic decades ahead, there also remains potential for a positive future, indeed a future which ultimately remains entirely unpredictable apart from the one certainty that it surely will be different than we ever can anticipate.

It may well not be an earth shattering event for the rest of the world, but snow in Falmouth, especially a few inches of it at one go, definitely is for around here. In fact, it’s been so long that an entire generation has grown up since the last time, and a fantasy came true, when even the schools were closed. Needless to say we also shut shop to enjoy the rare event.