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The clock ticked. Her eye twitched. Deep breath. Another pill.
I have read much of the work by Muriel Spark. Her ‘Sparkian’ approach is one that I both love and admire. Recently, I read an account of her life and … Continue reading The clock ticked. Her eye twitched. Deep breath. Another pill.
“Slum Property in Edinburgh”
The above photograph of Milne’s Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh is full of life. The photograph was taken, according to Trove, in 1910. Edinburgh City Libraries has put together this wonderful account: … Continue reading “Slum Property in Edinburgh”
Washday
This historic image from Trove of a gateway to Menstrie castle covered in clothes drying, reminded me of the opening chapter of The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald:
Dreghorn castle
I came across this photograph of Dreghorn castle in the Trove archive. In the decade before my birth, Dreghorn castle was erased from the landscape. In the 1980s I delivered … Continue reading Dreghorn castle
‘Il ne faut pas attacher le savoir à l’âme, il l’y faut incorporer’
Long ago, I was reading an article by Andrew Greig in which he suggested that everybody might read ‘Drawn from Life‘ by Michel de Montaigne. This book is now on … Continue reading ‘Il ne faut pas attacher le savoir à l’âme, il l’y faut incorporer’
The church of Saint-Martin de Bannes
Last month, when staying in Dordogne, our holiday home was close to the church of Saint-Martin de Bannes. One morning, just before dawn, I visited this church and was greeted … Continue reading The church of Saint-Martin de Bannes
The place of living and losing we occupy
Last month when in the Dordogne with family, we noticed the above closed and overgrown gateway on the road to the town of Couze et Saint Front. It was just … Continue reading The place of living and losing we occupy
focus on the unseen and the overlooked
Logie Churchyard, Wednesday evening.
make your world colour
Bannockburn House garden, this Wednesday: Thank you Eric [Eric Redmond]