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Tag: islands

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 6, 2020November 30, 2024

I imagined I could bring home something of the sky

SIGHTLINES, Kathleen Jamie: St Kilda [Are ever-constant in your changefulness]: St Kilda [Let the anchor go]: St Kilda [that’s entertainment]: St Kilda [is our island told in books?]: The quotes … Continue reading I imagined I could bring home something of the sky

Categories: Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: island, islands, Kathleen Jamie, Omphalos films, St Kilda
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 30, 2020November 30, 2024

Venturing on the Voe

This short film is about the island of Linga [Linga Isle], Shetland.  Linga is currently up for sale. Venturing on the Voe: To play this short film please click here … Continue reading Venturing on the Voe

Categories: Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: island, islands, Omphalos films, Shetland
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 9, 2020December 1, 2024

B895

The dead-end B895 is driveable from the port of Stornoway but gasps its last at the head of Garry Beach. Here, “the unofficial road to nowhere meets the officially titled … Continue reading B895

Categories: ScotlandTags: bridges, island, islands
By Hole Ousia Posted on March 26, 2020December 1, 2024

the light always comes back

is a small island which takes its name from one of the saints bearing the Irish name Finan. It is situated about 200m from both the N and S banks … Continue reading the light always comes back

Categories: Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: child in his eyes, eyes, islands, light, Omphalos films, Rachel, Scottish Highlands, seeing
By Hole Ousia Posted on February 4, 2020December 1, 2024

Eilean an Tighe

home where hearty fireplaces hold up walls that are not needed; where invisible windows invite the world in.

Categories: Architecture, Poems, ScotlandTags: island, islands, Peter's poems, Scottish Highlands
By Hole Ousia Posted on February 4, 2020December 1, 2024

‘House island’

Loch Eilt is a freshwater loch in the West Highlands of Scotland, and separates the traditional districts of Morar, to the north, and Moidart, to the south. Loch Eilt [loch … Continue reading ‘House island’

Categories: Architecture, Poems, ScotlandTags: island, islands, Peter's poems, Scottish Highlands
By Hole Ousia Posted on August 22, 2019December 2, 2024

‘This ungetatable place’

I recently read ‘Barnhill: a Novel’ by Norman Bissell. It is a partly fictional account of George Orwell’s last few years and his time on Jura. At Barnhill croft on … Continue reading ‘This ungetatable place’

Categories: Scotland, Two culturesTags: 1984, George Orwell, island, islands
By Hole Ousia Posted on April 10, 2019December 3, 2024

offshore

A film-poem-song about the island of Inch (River Forth, Alloa). Alloa Inch [offshore]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Credits: (1) Radio 4 … Continue reading offshore

Categories: Omphalos films, ScotlandTags: Alloa, island, islands, Omphalos films, Penelope Fitzgerald, River Forth

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