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By Hole Ousia Posted on February 15, 2019February 13, 2023

M I D W A Y

Let us meet midway between the ruins and today. Let our meeting be ‘Transatlantic’. I suggest that we meet at the statue and in an hour. I hope that this … Continue reading M I D W A Y

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By Hole Ousia Posted on December 7, 2018February 11, 2023

Kailyards

My Gordon family came from remote and lost parts of Aberdeenshire. For some reason I keep returning to the now ruinous homesteads of my forebears where only wild kailyards continue … Continue reading Kailyards

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By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2017February 1, 2023

Silent as light

The Antiquary: “is preoccupied on every level by the relation between past and present.” Mary Midgley: “These doctrines are often bizarrely over-confident and over-simple” George Orwell in Why I Write: … Continue reading Silent as light

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