A year does not announce itself all at once.

It arrives in small things: the first cool morning, a particular flower opening, the sound of rain against glass, a favourite coat returned from storage, a letter arriving unexpectedly.

A Calendar of Small Delights moves month by month through these fragments of ordinary beauty.

Part poetry, part prose meditation, it is designed to be listened to slowly — one season, one afternoon, one quiet moment at a time.

A companion for morning walks, evening tea, and the spaces between one chapter of life and the next.