being and becoming in the world
To play this ‘televisual poem’ please click here or on the image below: Credits: ‘I don’t know‘ performed live by Lisa Hannigan [2009]; Mossgrove butterflies; Mossgrove Japanese anemones [2026]; Big … Continue reading To live and feel
This was filmed in my study on the last day of 2023. I originally named my study the ‘Sanctum sanctorum‘ [after a visit to Abbotsford, the home of Walter Scott]. … Continue reading Trying to keep my head up
The above photograph, from the Trove archive, was taken in 1950 and shows the entrance to The Northern Club, 91 George Street, Edinburgh. What follows, is a most incomplete timeline, … Continue reading The Northern Club
A number of years ago, for Christmas, I bought Sian from a second-hand bookshop, an old copy of The Face of Scotland. That same Christmas, Sian bought for me, also … Continue reading Houses which give character
Mossgrove, Bridge of Allan, June 2026:
On Sunday 31st May 2026, Mossgrove garden was one of a number of gardens in Bridge of Allan made open for charity. This short film shares some of that afternoon … Continue reading boys and girls come out to play
On Sunday morning I came across a dead mouse floating in the water of a galvanised watering can in our garden. This discovery left me close to tears. I was … Continue reading Timorous wee beastie