Christmas countdown

A journal of château life - 15th - 21st December 2024

Sunday 15th December

My bed is covered in strands of cotton, each one carefully unpicked, stitch-by-stitch from the hem of the old grain sack I want to turn into a table runner for my Christmas table. It’s warm under the duvet, outside the wind is howling, the grey sky already darkening. I wriggle my fingers and then my toes, stretching and shifting pos…