Habits, Travels, Me, Future
Post Number 91 Over many years of trial and error (actually more a case of trial, error, another error, a bit more trial, error etcetera) I have learnt that I work best in short sprints, with a brief break between,…
Friday Photo #17 Ridgelines Beyond Ridgelines
I have shared this photo of ridgelines in Highland Perthshire before, in my essay “Trees, A Brief Personal History.” It is a favourite of mine, illustrating how Scottish weather, so oft-derided, can actually increase the beauty of a photograph. Being…
Friday Photo #16 Dawn on the River Wick
Now the season is shifting, and the insects no longer such an issue, I am back up the river for my dawn walks. I tried to take some photos on my phone for here, but they aren’t as sharp as…
Friday Photo #15 The Cliffs of Insanity
These are not actually The Cliffs of Insanity, as everyone knows they are in Ireland. Or, really, they are in a book and a film, that portion of which was filmed over at Moher. Instead, these are the sea cliffs…
Friday Photo #14 Stromness; Wynds and Closes
This is Stromness. More specifically, this is a path up the hillside, from near the harbour towards the primary school I attended, once upon a time. Stromness remains the only town or village I have ever felt close to calling…
Friday Photo #13 Dawn in the Woods
It is that time of the year again, when I yearn to walk out into wild places and, especially, into the woods. The season seems to have suddenly changed here in Edinburgh, Summer closing her eyes and beginning to nod…
Friday Photo #12 Spiral and Spirals
In my brief post about disappearing islands I mentioned circles in life — circles within circles, others hidden, only revealed later. A short while ago I snapped the photo of the spiral below, and shared it on twitter. It is…
Potential Pitfalls of Internet Research
I was recently doing some research, looking at the island of Stronsay, in Orkney, when I noticed something interesting. Using the internet for research is full of peril, fraught with misinformation and potential downfall, but it has become my principal…
Friday Photo #11 Millennium Clock Tower Selfie
As this is published I am sitting on a train heading south, slowly twisting through mountains towards my favourite city in (what is currently) the United Kingdom: Edinburgh. This, the capital of Scotland, has always pulled me. She is a…
Friday Photo #10 Hand-painted Signs
For the second week in a row I’m cheating a little, sharing more than one picture and this week is less about the photo and more about the items photographed. For some years now I have made a variety of…