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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

Sheriffmuir Inn

This is Sheriffmuir Inn, as I recall it. Here, my Grumpa took me to visit to Hercules the bear. Here, with my family, I celebrated my 40th birthday. Here, I … Continue reading Sheriffmuir Inn

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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 19, 2023August 19, 2023

There’s an art to that

SECOND PLACE by Rachel Cusk was one of the books I read on our recent holiday in Suffolk.

Categories: Family history, Medical humanities, Philosophy, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a new way of seeing, A passage from SECOND PLACE by Rachel Cusk, and the way I saw it, Antiquary, From 'Landscapes' by John Berger, Hole Ousia, I have never needed particularly to be right, John Berger, odd one out, Peter Scott-Gordon, Rachel Cusk, rebel antiquary, SECOND PLACE, SECOND PLACE by Rachel Cusk, shadow pictures, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, There's an art to that, what an odd one out this makes me, your only talent [and it is a talent] is being yourself.

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 28, 2023

B – L – I – N – D .

I worry [a lot] that all this pathological labelling of life [as we live it] is causing more harm than good. Image credit: A broken tombstone in Edinburgh where the … Continue reading B – L – I – N – D .

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 19, 2023June 19, 2023

How being read a story can help

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