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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 1, 2022

Like T-Rex

This poem, by Sheena Blackhall, was ‘Poem of the Week’ in last week’s Scotsman. It is braw: The Scotsman shared this short biography of the poet [a Doric poet that … Continue reading Like T-Rex

Categories: Deeside Tales, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Aberdeen, Alt Darrarie, Creative uncertainty, Deeside Tales: The stories of a small glen, Doric, Doric poet, Hole Ousia, in our tiny world of happenings, Like T-Rex, Peter J Gordon, poem, poem of the week, poet, poetry, Scotland, Scotland's weather, Sheena Blackhal, Spittal Glenmuick, such a big thing, The Rebel Antiquary, The Scotsman, time passes listen, Uncertain Smile, uncertainty, weather

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 13, 2022May 13, 2022

a year ago

A year ago I had a short stay in Aberdeenshire. It felt like returning home. May 2021: I had a short break in Aberdeenshire staying in the Aberdeen Arms, Tarland … Continue reading a year ago

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 25, 2021May 13, 2022

c o n t e x t o

In late May 2021, the Aberdeen Arms, Tarland, was my home for several days. I was the only guest! Around Tarland I visited a number of forgotten places and wrote … Continue reading c o n t e x t o

Categories: Architecture, Deeside Tales, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: . Charles Souter, A Man Unknown, abandoned, Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Aberdeenshire, Acanthus, acanthus leaf, acanthus leaves, Alexander Robb, Antiquary, ARCADIA, Ballintomb, Charles Soutar, Circus Delrium, commercial forestry, contexto, Corgarff, Doric, doric pillars, Duguid, Dunecht, Dunecht body snatching, electric razor, Hale Bopp, Helen Jane Stewart Duguid, Hole Ousia, house painter, Hugh Munro, James Dyas Davidson, Latin, Lecht body found, Lindertis, Lochery, Lochrie, Logie Coldstone, Margaret Cruickshank, Mortlich Hill, Mortlich obelisk, Observatory, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Pawky Duchess of Lost, Peter Gordon, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, portico, Rachel's scarf, Rebecca Pidgeon, rebel antiquary, ruin, Sculpture, Social maverick, Social subjects, South Milton, South Milton cottage, Tarland, The Antiquary, The Atmosphere, The Lass o' the Lecht, The Rebel Antiquary, Thousand Chances, time passes listen, Unknown man, woodland

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 25, 2021June 25, 2021

ARCADIA

Sandy Robb was a House Painter and he and his wife Helen lived in South Miton cottage not far from Logie Coldstone in Aberdeenshire. Sandy died in April 1956, aged … Continue reading ARCADIA

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