Bridge of Allan – Hole Ousia

Some of the history of the village of Bridge of Allan

By Snow-Leavis May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

NOTES No. XXIV.

May 2019 and the Classic Car Rally arrives in Bridge of Allan. Credit: Feel Good Inc by Gorillaz (I do not have copyright)

By Snow-Leavis May 9, 2019May 9, 2019

Hame

So you think you know what it is to be Scottish? Well, read ‘Hame’ by Annalena MacAfee. It is a lovely book. This is my “Review”:

By Snow-Leavis May 4, 2019

lost and yet preserved

I had to go under our floorboards to sort out some cabling. It was there, underneath the real world, that I found this old crisp packet from 1989. Do you … Continue reading lost and yet preserved

By Snow-Leavis Apr 30, 2019April 30, 2019

out of the Real

Yesterday five ducks descended from the sky to our wee pond. It felt to me as if they had arrived ‘out of the Real’. [The words above were written by … Continue reading out of the Real

By Snow-Leavis Apr 23, 2019

Yesterday I met up with a musician in the National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. But first of all I went to say hello to Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson. His bust was … Continue reading And the artist . . .

By Snow-Leavis Apr 23, 2019April 23, 2019

a person has to be transcendent somewhere

Cherry trees flowering in the play-park beside our house. From the garden I heard a grandfather who was playing hide-and-seek with his grandchild: “coming, ready or not!”

By Snow-Leavis Apr 13, 2019April 13, 2019

‘Like the deck of a ship’

Kennetpans, an estate on the river Forth near the Kincardine Bridge, used to belong to my grandfather’s grandfather, Bob Scott (the man standing tall in a hat). Here is my … Continue reading ‘Like the deck of a ship’