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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 7, 2021August 7, 2021

A Thousand Chances

A film about the Mortlich Obelisk to the 10th Marquis of Huntly. The obelisk collapsed on the 7th November 1912. The iron cross that surmounted it survives, but broken, amongst … Continue reading A Thousand Chances

Categories: Architecture, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, A Thousand chances, a tomb with a view, Aberdeen Arms, Aberdeenshire, Aboyne, Admiral Fallow, Antionetta, Antiquary, Beyond the Strath, Charles 10th Marquis of Huntly, Charles Gordon, collapse of the Mortlich Monument, Deborah Levy, Fort, General Scipio, George Saunders, Hilary Mantel, Hole Ousia, Huntly, I am mindful of human weakness, Iron cross, James Ross, Mantel Pieces, Monument, Mortlich Hill, Mortlich Monument, Mortlich obelisk, November 1912, oblelisk, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter Ross, Punic War, Real Estate, rebel antiquary, Scipio, sleepwalking, Social maverick, Tarland, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary

By Hole Ousia Posted on February 10, 2021

GORGET OINTMENT

I have had a longstanding interest in old pharmacy and chemist shops. This interest began in childhood! One of my earliest memories was from my pram: above me I could … Continue reading GORGET OINTMENT

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