Skip to content

being and becoming in the world

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Search for:

Search for:

Tag: muses

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 30, 2020March 5, 2023

‘CLAUDERO’

I would have liked to met ‘CLAUDERO’. He was a poet, antiquary and eccentric: CLAUDERO wrote a poem [sermon] about the destruction of Edinburgh’s Neatherbow – the spires, wetharcocks and … Continue reading ‘CLAUDERO’

Categories: Architecture, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1789, a poet antiquary and eccentric, anecdote, Antiquary, Book of Scottish Anecdote, CLAUDERO, clock, destruction of the Netherbow, Dr Peter Gordon, Edinburgh, gate, gateway, half-merk marriages, Hole Ousia, I would have liked to met 'CLAUDERO'', James Wilson, Laureate of the bob, may my clock be struck dumb, modernised aout of existence, muses, Netherbow, Notes on the old clockmakers, Old Edinburgh, Peter Gordon, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, Poets, rebel antiquary, retainer of the muses, Scotland, Scots magazine, sermon, Social maverick, spire, spires, story, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Traditions of Edinburgh, weathercock

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 29, 2019February 18, 2023

Reappearing on the horizon of a new canto

Yesterday we returned from a short break in the Scottish Borders. We were staying at Dryburgh once the home of the 11th Earl of Buchan – a wonderful eccentric who … Continue reading Reappearing on the horizon of a new canto

Categories: Family history, gardens, Philosophy, Poems, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 11th Earl of Buchan, 11th Earl of Buchan - a wonderful eccentric who seems to have been forgotten by time, Abbey, adventures musing reading taking notes, all colours made me happy:even gray, Antiquary, Borders, canto, Dandie Dinmont, Dr Peter Gordon, Drawn from life, Dryburgh, from a friend and poet, Hale Bopp, Hale Bopp teddy has travelled wide., Hole Ousia, If I digress I digress, June 2019, marvellous Melrose set to shine, Melrose, Montaigne, muses, Pale Fire, Penguin, Penquin Random House, Peter and Sian, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, Rachel Fiona Gordon, Random House, Reappearing on the horizon of a new canto, rebel antiquary, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, Temple of the Muses, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, these narrative fragments create the impression of a hugely variegated ongoing body of human experience where simply anything is possible, Thirlestane Castle, This Earl has been one of my muses since I first heard about him, Walter Scott, We were staying at Dryburgh once the home of the 11th Earl of Buchan, Yesterday we returned from a short break in the Scottish Borders.

Recent Posts

1-202-555-1212

peter@holeousia.com

Pages

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Powered by WordPress.com.

Loading Comments...

Write a Comment...

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website