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Tag: ephemera

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 13, 2026

Art is an act of daring

All this material is from photographs that I took in Edinburgh last weekend [the sketches are by AI via ‘prompts’]   

Categories: Architecture, Scotland, Time passesTags: 2026, AI, Art, Art in everyday life, arts, Edinburgh, ephemera, Ghost signs, pharmacy
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 30, 2026

BE KIND

In my previous post on hole ousia I shared a delightful poster that I came across in the centre of Edinburgh. A little further along Lauriston Place I came across … Continue reading BE KIND

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Time passesTags: Edinburgh, ephemera, graffiti, kindness, Nigel Farage, politics
By Hole Ousia Posted on May 30, 2026

bETAMAX new wave party

Last Sunday I was in Edinburgh taking my mum to the Eye Pavilion where she was having a cataract removed. The day was warm and sunny and I had a … Continue reading bETAMAX new wave party

Categories: Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Time passesTags: BETAMAX, Disco, Edinburgh, ephemera, memories, memory, nostalgia, poster
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

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Peter Scott-Gordon: gardener, artist, retired doctor: peter@holeousia.com
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