Washday
This historic image from Trove of a gateway to Menstrie castle covered in clothes drying, reminded me of the opening chapter of The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald:
Tag: gateways
The place of living and losing we occupy
Last month when in the Dordogne with family, we noticed the above closed and overgrown gateway on the road to the town of Couze et Saint Front. It was just … Continue reading The place of living and losing we occupy
The child’s eye view
This short film asks: can you remember what it was like to see the world from a child’s point of view? To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading The child’s eye view
Frequent Flyer Tour
We are currently helping our daughter look for a flat in Edinburgh. In the back stairwell of one of the flats that we were looking at we came across this … Continue reading Frequent Flyer Tour
At a Gate in Glen Girnock
The Scots Magazine, 1 January 1956: Glen Girnock was hame to my Gordon family: The Camlet and Bovaglie. I have written a book about this. As a family we have … Continue reading At a Gate in Glen Girnock
Alt Roy
Alt Roy [flower in her hair]: Alt Roy [summers]:
Through the door to Aiteandoruis
Some images from my recent wee adventure with Big Ted in Ross-shire, Sutherland and Caithness [in no particular order]. In due course, short films, posts and poems will follow.
Outside they say
I made this short film many years ago. Whilst I ‘perform’ in front of gates with religious messages, I have no formed or fixed belief system. Outside they say: To … Continue reading Outside they say