As the season starts to change, I’m busy planning how I’m going to make the most of the longer days and hopefully better ...

many of which alluded to mythology and nature, died on Jan. 22 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was 85. His wife, Edna Longley, said he died in a hospital from complications following hip surgery.

Already an established industrial heavyweight of international standing, the Northern Ireland port city of Belfast had acquired a new speciality by the end of the 19th century - shipbuilding.