being and becoming in the world
To find the backdrop to each poem, please click on the image below that poem. The Story Garden Spring to winter, coloured chalks travel with me. Last spring, on Phoenix … Continue reading coronas + supernovas of colour [part 1]
Earlier this summer I visited Bonskeid to remember Robert Fowler Barbour who died in infancy. He was the first of the family to be buried in the [private] Bonskeid burial … Continue reading ‘Sympathy, fellow feeling . . .’
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
Moreland Hall, May 2026: a reunion of some of the ‘Class of 1990’ [Aberdeen Medical School] *please note: some of the images below have been ‘sketched’ by AI.
My grandfather, Rab Scott, Bridge of Allan used to read The Scots Magazine. I recall how he used to post the latest edition to family and friends around the world. … Continue reading The Scots Magazine
An Editorial from yesterday’s Scotland on Sunday can be read here. The closing passage of this Editorial:
First Minister, John Swinney, on Jeane Freeman, The Herald, 8 February 2026: Transcript of some of the interview with John Swinney on Radio Scotland: Laura Maciver, presenter of Radio Scotland … Continue reading Jeane Freeman Values
David Robinson with Alexander McCall Smith: a few passages from yesterday’s Scotsman :