The Gardener
In a forthcoming film I will try to share, what I can, of an unknown gardener. Meantime, here are some words of literary gardeners, past and present:
Tag: borrowed words
A room with a view
A few selected passages or sentences from ‘A room with a view’ by E M Forster:
Reappearing on the horizon of a new canto
Yesterday we returned from a short break in the Scottish Borders. We were staying at Dryburgh once the home of the 11th Earl of Buchan – a wonderful eccentric who … Continue reading Reappearing on the horizon of a new canto
Marcel Proust
A few passages from ‘In Search of Lost Time’ by Marcel Proust:
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”:
flight of ideas
“Flight of ideas” is a term considered by psychiatry to represent “pathology”. It is included in International diagnostic criteria for major mental illness. For many years now I have collected … Continue reading flight of ideas
Hame
I have just read Hame by Annalena McAfee. The following posts will share some passages of this lovely novel.
the art of departing from
Yesterday I was in Edinburgh. Footnote: Quotes come from (or are about) the following authors: Albert Camus, Yann Martel, Jessie Burton, Richard Holmes, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Richard Holloway