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Tag: ephemera

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 20, 2025

Communal Notes

I have coloured this bit of ephemera from a 1940s newspaper.

Categories: This is Not yesterday, Time passesTags: ephemera, latest news, news, notebook, This is not yesterday, Time passes. Listen
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 3, 2024November 17, 2024

paper tickets

Paper tickets are disappearing fast. No ‘QR code generator’ will ever find them.

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Poems, This is Not yesterdayTags: Bridge of Allan, ephemera, Peter's poems
By Hole Ousia Posted on January 20, 2021November 27, 2024

E L E M E N T A L

Yesterday, low clouds – almost a mist – cast a subdued light on the village of Bridge of Allan. Here are a few images from my local walk during lockdown:

Categories: Bridge of AllanTags: Bridge of Allan, Covid-19, Dr Welsh Trust, ephemera, lockdown, pandemic, village
By Hole Ousia Posted on October 21, 2020November 28, 2024

EPHEMERON [Fig. I]

Do you share what matters to you most with your closest friend? If your best friend was represented as Figure I., and in a Text book, what words would you … Continue reading EPHEMERON [Fig. I]

Categories: Medical humanities, Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: Andrew O'Hagan, ephemera, friendship, Mayflies, Omphalos films
By Hole Ousia Posted on June 5, 2020November 30, 2024

A place in Scotland’s story

This is the current window display for the shop ‘COLLECTIONS’ on Henderson Street, Bridge of Allan. The shop is closed at present due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I am a … Continue reading A place in Scotland’s story

Categories: Bridge of Allan, PoemsTags: Bridge of Allan, ephemera, graffiti, Henderson Street, Magpie, rain-faded note, shops
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 27, 2020November 30, 2024

Kindness: neighbourhood and newspaper images from yesterday and the day before:

A selection of neighbourhood and newspaper images from yesterday and the day before:

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Anne Tyler, blossom, Covid-19, Denise Coia, ephemera, kindness, lockdown, pandemic, reading
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 10, 2020December 1, 2024

‘we are attempting to survive our time’

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, History of medicine, NHS Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Bridge of Allan, Covid-19, ephemera, Henderson Street, lockdown, pandemic
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 2, 2020December 1, 2024

We will get through this

The village of Bridge of Allan is rallying around to support one another in this troubled time: When walking to the local shop from our house we first pass the … Continue reading We will get through this

Categories: Bridge of Allan, History of medicine, This is Not yesterdayTags: Alexander McCall Smith, Bridge of Allan, Covid-19, ephemera, graffiti, lockdown, Nineveh fountain, pandemic, poems, signs
Peter Scott-Gordon: gardener, artist, retired doctor: peter@holeousia.com
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