Skip to content

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

Search for:

Omphalos

Omphalos

Search for:

Omphalos

Tag: progress hardly broke its stride

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2020

In the middle of the Yew

My fascination with Yew trees has neither a beginning nor an end.

Categories: Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 1943, 700 year old layering Yew, a Miracle of Yew Regeneration, a modern ruin, abandoned, Abbotshall, Abercairney, Aberthuven, Adam and Eve, Alexander McCall Smith, Alexander Moncrieffe, Alexander Naysmith, An ancient child, ancient, Andrew MacFarlane., Antiquary, Ardnamurchan, Argyll, Arm Chair, Arrochar, Auchendrane, Auchendrane yew, Ayrshire, bannister, Bernera, Berneray, Bienn a' Bhacaidh, Bienna Bhacaidh, Bilbliotheca Abscondita, Bower, brainlessness, Brideshead Revisited, Bridge of Allan, castle, chapel of the Yew trees, child, circular yew, Clan Fraser, concentration camps, Condie, connection, Craigends, Craigends Yew, Crieff, Crookston castle, Culfargie, curves, Dalmellington, Dalserf, Dalserf parish Church, Dame Helen's castle, Dovecot, Dunaskin, Dunwich, Earlshall, East Lothian, Eccles Church Tower, Edinburgh, Evelyn Waugh, exploration, Fife, fire, Ford, formal, Fortingal, Fortingal Yew, Fortingall, Fortingall Yew, Fraser Clan, garden, gardesns, Gask, gate, gatepiers, gateposts, gateway, Geese, gentle gardener, Glasgow, Glenhurich, Graeme, Great Montrose, Grove, hares would yet breed on his hearthstone, headless, Hedge, hedging, Helen Liston Hardie, Hermit, herring, Hole Ousia, How to stop time, humanity, I Vow, I Vow castle, I Vow Yew, In the middle of the yew, Inchbrakie, Incorrigibly plural, island, It is by living we learn, James Joyce, Jehanne Mehta, Kate McNiven, Keirs castle, Kilneuair, Kirkcaldy, Laight castle, landcape architecture, landscape, Landscape Architecture, Leon Eisenberg, light, Lismore, Little Spartan, Loch Awe, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Lochan na h' Iubhraich, Lochawe, Lochnell, Lord Darnley, Loss, MacFarlane, Mansion, Margaret Mary Scott, Marquis of Montrose, Mary Queen of Scots, Matt Haig, Max Sebald, Maze, memory, mindlessness, MLA distinction, model, Monzie, Musaem Clausum, national Trust for Scotland, Nature, New Condie, Nigel Tranter, Oliphant, Omphalos, Omphalos films, painter, Patrick Geddes, Patrick Graeme, Paul Greenwood, Persecuting Raploch, Perthshire, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, poem, poet, poetry, Pollok House, polymath, progress hardly broke its stride, Rabbie Burns, Raploch, rebel antiquary, Renfrewshire, ring, Robert the Bruce, Rockingham, Rockingham elephants, ruin, ruins, Scientists chop years off ancient yew trees, Scotland, Scull, sermons, silver darlings, Social maverick, Somerleyton, St Columba, St Columba's Yew, St Giles, St Moluag, stairs, stairway, Stenton, Stirling-Maxwell, taxus baccata, The Abbotshall Yew, The Antiquary, The Auchendrane Yew, The Brownie's Cell, the Chapel of the Yew Trees, the Crookston yew tree, The Culfargie Yew, The Elanvow Preservation Fund, The faded glories of his Clan, The Fraser Yew, The Gentle Gardener, The Giant's Garden, The Inchbrakie Yew, the largest Yew tree in Scotland, the lion of the secession churc, The little loch of the yew grove, the living hedge, The Monastery, The Raploch Yew, The Rebel Antiquary, The Rings of Saturn, The speaking hedge, The Wallace Yew, These are the hands, Thomas Browne, three castles, three sisters, Tomas Transtromer, topiary, village, Vivendo Discimus, W G Sebald, Walter Scott, When Harry met Mary under the Yew tree, William Hamilton, William Wallace, William Wordsworth, Winfried Georg Sebald, witch, Would you Adam and Eve it?, writer, WWII, Wyndeham Le strange, Yew, Yew hedge, Yew tree, Yew trees, Yews

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

comet [COMET]

My son Andrew was born under the glow of Hale Bopp. I have been fascinated with passing comets ever since. Their forever fading tails [tales] seem as wonderful to me as … Continue reading comet [COMET]

Categories: Architecture, Family history, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Bank Street, Bankruptcy, Beat the drum, Beat the drum fly the night catch a star, boots for all classes, Bridge of, Carrick-Buchanan, Coatbridge, Comet, cruelty to animals, Dr Peter J Gordon, Drumpellier, Economy in funerals, Hale Bopp, Iain Banks, Inn, Inns, James Wilson, Mossgrove, Peter Ferguson Gordon, Peter Gordon, poem, Poems, poetry, progress hardly broke its stride, Pub, pubs, rebel antiquary, Shark, Shark's Mouth, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, stories, Story-telling Centre, tails, tales, teddy, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, Tillybin, YMCA

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 24, 2019

1998

‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W. G. Sebald was considered by critics to be “one of the most remarkable books of the year”

Categories: Architecture, Philosophy, Poems, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a modern ruin, abandoned, Alexander McCall Smith, Bilbliotheca Abscondita, Brideshead Revisited, concentration camps, connection, Dunwich, Eccles Church Tower, Evelyn Waugh, exploration, herring, Hole Ousia, humanity, Incorrigibly plural, James Joyce, landscape, light, Little Spartan, Loss, Max Sebald, memory, Musaem Clausum, Nature, Peter J Gordon, polymath, progress hardly broke its stride, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Scull, silver darlings, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, The Rings of Saturn, These are the hands, Thomas Browne, W G Sebald, Winfried Georg Sebald, writer, WWII, Wyndeham Le strange

By Hole Ousia Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019

herring and silk: loss, light

I was very fortunate to have been commissioned by Alexander McCall Smith to make short films of two of the songs from ‘These are our Hands’. One of those films … Continue reading herring and silk: loss, light

Categories: Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a modern ruin, abandoned, Alexander McCall Smith, Bilbliotheca Abscondita, Brideshead Revisited, Built on the Clyde, concentration camps, connection, Dunwich, Eccles Church Tower, Evelyn Waugh, exploration, herring, Hole Ousia, humanity, Incorrigibly plural, James Joyce, James Ross, landscape, light, Little Spartan, Loss, Max Sebald, memory, Musaem Clausum, Nature, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Peter J Gordon, polymath, progress hardly broke its stride, rebel antiquary, ruin, ruins, Scull, sericulture, silk, silkworms, silver darlings, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, The Rings of Saturn, These are the hands, Thomas Browne, W G Sebald, Winfried Georg Sebald, writer, WWII, Wyndeham Le strange

Posts navigation

Recent Posts

1-202-555-1212

peter@holeousia.com

Pages

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

Powered by WordPress.com.

Scroll Up