being and becoming in the world
The Dirlot Angel I travelled far North to finally meet you. Quietly to share my beautiful misunderstood sister. She once dazzled as did you. Today, lichen of Caithness, light-radiant lichen, … Continue reading A sculpture on the theme of loss
Last week I travelled north. I did so for Cecilia. Upstairs bedroom, Upper Tullochgrue farmhouse, Rothiemurchus: February 1947, on the birth of the NHS:
Fluchlady, a former crofting community on the hills north of Dingwall. Ordnance Survey book description of Fluchlady, 1876: Ordnance Survey map, 1876 Ross-shire Journal, 27th August 1937: Ross-shire Journal, 11th … Continue reading Fluchlady
Stuart Kelly, in the Scotsman, 16 August 2025: a review of ‘The Empire of Forgetting’ by John Burnside “Although it reflects his longstanding concerns with haunting and mortality, this posthumous … Continue reading Thoughts that became final
I will be heading North on my next wee adventure with Big Ted, to explore lost and forgotten parts of Sutherland and Caithness. One of the places we hope to … Continue reading ‘This grave is never to be opened’
I am making a short film about a house in Tain called ‘The Grove’. This Georgian house was demolished earlier this year. Here is some of the material that I … Continue reading With a panoramic view over the Dornoch Firth
On Monday evening we were fortunate to be in the audience for Windblown by Karine Polwart at The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh. What a wonderful, beautiful, deeply moving performance by Karine … Continue reading Windblown
We are fortunate to have tickets to see Windblown by Karine Polwart at Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh for Monday 11th August. These are some extracts from yesterday’s Scotsman: