Winter Seas, Winter Beaches
It is now spring. Or at least it’s supposed to be. As I type this heavy and thick snow is falling outside and settling. It’s April. This seems like a good time to share some photos of this tenacious but…
Clothes Make the Man?
I recently had an odd experience whilst sorting through most of the clothing I’ve kept in storage these last few years. It was peculiar, melancholic,* unsettling and, occasionally, just downright weird. Each t-shirt, each pair of jeans, even underwear —…
Trees, A Pictorial Personal History
I recently published a piece here, entitled: Trees, A Brief Personal History. While I was working on choosing photos to complement the words I narrowed down a (very) long list of tree photos I have taken over the years and,…
Trees, a Brief Personal History
I recently read this piece, Relict Tree, by Sally Huband. I try and keep up with everything posted on The Island Review (weirdly I still see myself as an islander). It is a go-to site for interesting comment and well-worded…
Social Media Note 1
I will expand on this note in the future, but for now this should suffice. Some years ago I made a decision to step back from social media. The reasons behind this will be one of the things I’ll talk…
Portentous Day! Here’s to the future.
Spring! It has indeed arrived, the sun has risen, hidden behind sister moon, reappeared bravely to warm us, then hidden once more behind rain and wind and cloud. Then appeared again. Such is the nature of Scottish weather, all seasons…
Spring, eclipse, equinox and stories.
This website was stitched together slowly, pieces added hither and thither over many months. I have tried to keep it ticking over, aware that it never properly launched, never yet used as intended. I have learnt about WordPress over this time, themes,…
Foggy Killiecrankie
In November 2014 I spent a week in Killiecrankie. For those of you who don’t know, Killiecrankie is a pass in Highland Perthshire, through which lies the way to the north. It has long been an important strategic position, a major battle…
Comfort Circles
Over the last few months I have started several (dozens) pieces detailing my own personal opinions on the upcoming independence referendum here in Scotland. Dozens. Honestly. (37 – I just counted. This makes 38). (EDIT: Now 39). Each has failed…
Daith Comes In
As I mentioned in my last piece, I spent a couple of days in Auld Reekie on my way back to the far north. When I arrived there, at something past two on a Tuesday afternoon, carrying a pack weighing…