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Tag: diaries

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 2, 2020December 1, 2024

Diary of a house

As a young family we moved into Mossgrove, Bridge of Allan, on St Andrew’s Day, 2001. We had been looking for a new home for some time. Peter and Sian, … Continue reading Diary of a house

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, This is Not yesterdayTags: Andrew + Rachel, Bridge of Allan, diaries, Mossgrove, Peter + Sian, This is not yesterday, Westerton Drive
By Hole Ousia Posted on November 19, 2019December 2, 2024

Long ago, Dr Anton Chekhov wrote in his diary

Categories: Family history, Medical humanities, PhilosophyTags: Anton Chekhov, courage to care, diaries, Dr Peter Gordon, NHS Scotland, retirement, sapere aude
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 26, 2019December 2, 2024

My work diaries

I only have a phone for work and it is not “Smart”. I have therefore always relied – in my time as a doctor – on old-fashioned diaries! The above … Continue reading My work diaries

Categories: Family history, NHS ScotlandTags: diaries, Dr Peter Gordon, NHS Scotland, NHS West Lothian, psychiatry, retirement, St John's Hospital
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 24, 2019December 2, 2024

No longer a doctor

I have decided to retire from Medicine. This has not been an easy decision to make. I am not yet 52 years old. I feel most fortunate to have had … Continue reading No longer a doctor

Categories: NHS Scotland, PsychiatryTags: Anton Chekhov, courage to care, diaries, Dr Peter Gordon, Lad o' pairts, Medicine, Rebel antiquary, sapere aude, social maverick
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 5, 2018December 5, 2024

A voyage to Australia

The following is the emigration diary of Joseph Gordon (born 1794 – died 1881). Joseph sailed from Dundee, leaving on Thursday 16 September 1841 and arrived in Sydney on the … Continue reading A voyage to Australia

Categories: Deeside Tales, Family history, ScotlandTags: Deeside tales, diaries, Stories of a small glen
By Hole Ousia Posted on March 8, 2018December 5, 2024

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Categories: Family historyTags: Andrew, birthday, comet seekers, diaries, Hale Bopp
By Hole Ousia Posted on December 19, 2017December 5, 2024

Tuesday 19th December 1967

Categories: Family history, This is Not yesterdayTags: Constance Scott, diaries
By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2017December 5, 2024

Silent as light

The Antiquary: “is preoccupied on every level by the relation between past and present.” Mary Midgley: “These doctrines are often bizarrely over-confident and over-simple” George Orwell in Why I Write: … Continue reading Silent as light

Categories: Philosophy, Two culturesTags: borrowed words, diaries, light, Peter Scott-Gordon, reading, Rebel antiquary, silent as light

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