Skip to content

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

Search for:

Omphalos

Omphalos

Search for:

Omphalos

Tag: Rachel

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 21, 2021

The sky belongs to us all

Mossgrove garden, May 2021.

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: a gardener is always a futurist, a gardener's hand, Ageing stone, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Belle and Sebastian, Bridge of Allan, C Duncan, Domino, Drambuie, Drumdruills, Drumdruils, ducks, Edwin Morgan, Everything is growing in our garden, frogs, garden, Garden song, gardener, gentle gardener, Gordon family, Heidi, Hole Ousia, Ian Hamilton Finlay, It is by living we learn, John Berger, Little Sparta, Little Spartan, Luca, Mavisbank, meadow, Mike Masse, Mossgrove, newts, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Patrick Geddes, Pereunt et Imputantur, Peter, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, pond, Rab Scott, Rachel, Rachel Fiona Gordon, reaching like a sweet pea for the sun, rebel antiquary, Repeats its love, said the gardener, Scarborough Fair, Scotland, Show me the sun, Sian, Sian Fiona Williams, sightlines, so alive, Social maverick, Sterling Cottam, swet peas, That Summer, The Ageing Stone, The Antiquary, the garden moved in the breeze, The gardener, The Gentle Gardener, The manner of what we make defines us, The Rebel Antiquary, the sky belongs to us all, the two cultures, Two Cultures, Two Girls Singing, Vivendo Discimus, Westerton Drive

By Hole Ousia Posted on December 22, 2020December 22, 2020

outdoors and a sense of proportion

I have been pruning the fruit trees in our garden and am now puggled! I find that being outdoors helps bring a sense of proportion.

Categories: Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 2020, a gardener is always a futurist, a gardener's hand, Ageing stone, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, Big Ted, Bridge of Allan, C Duncan, Domino, Drambuie, Drumdruills, Drumdruils, ducks, Edwin Morgan, Everything is growing in our garden, frogs, garden, Garden song, gardener, gentle gardener, Heidi, Hole Ousia, Ian Hamilton Finlay, In search of lost time, It is by living we learn, John Berger, Lanny, Little Sparta, Looking through glass, Luca, Marcel Proust, Mavisbank, Max Porter, meadow, Mike Masse, Mossgrove, Mukul Kesavan, newts, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Patrick Geddes, Pereunt et Imputantur, Peter Gordon, pond, pruning, puggled, Rab Scott, Rachel, Rachel Fiona Gordon, reaching like a sweet pea for the sun, rebel antiquary, Repeats its love, said the gardener, Scarborough Fair, Scotland, Sian, Sian Fiona Williams, sightlines, so alive, Social maverick, Sterling Cottam, swet peas, That Summer, The Ageing Stone, The Antiquary, the garden moved in the breeze, The gardener, The Gentle Gardener, The manner of what we make defines us, The Rebel Antiquary, the two cultures, Two Cultures, Two Girls Singing, Vivendo Discimus

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 20, 2019July 20, 2019

Girgenti: footnotes and forget-me-nots

Introducing Girgenti At Girgenti you can still hear two girls sing. Girgenti followed Paestum From Thimble Row to Discoveries:

Categories: Architecture, Medical Education, Medical humanities, NHS Scotland, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, Two culturesTags: 2004, 2018, 60+ pink, A S Byatt, alcohol, Amalfi, Andrew, Andrew Robert Gordon, Architecture, Armageddon Days, Ayrshire, beautiful summer, Belle and Sebastian, Blue sky day, Bridge of Allan, butterflies, C Duncan, Cage the Elephant, Captain John Cheape, Cesare Pavese, Charles Dickens, Cold cold cold, comet seekers, Cpatain, Death Cab for Cutie, Doctoring in a whisky-injured nation, Dr Iain Smith, Dr Thora hands, drunk, drunkard, drunkards, Fox in the snow, garden, Girgenti, Girgenti House, Girgenti tower, girl of seventeen sent to an inebriates home, Godwits, Hale Bopp, Henry Logan, Herakles Temple, History of medicine, Hole Ousia, Iain Crichton Smith, Iain Smith, Ian Brown, Ian Smith, illegitimate, Inebriate, Inebriates, Into my arms, Isabella Thomson, John Cheape, John Macmurray, Judith Kerr, Julian Barnes, kindness, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Drabble, Medical education, medical humanities, memory, Mossgrove, Mrs Picken, My true country, n: The medical response to the "alcohol question" in Scotland, Nabokov, Napoleon, Napoleonic wars, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Old Harry, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Paestum, Patrick Geddes, Patrick M Mclaughlin, Paul Buchanan, Perth, Peter J Gordon, philosophy, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, prostitute, Rachel, Rachel Fiona Gordon, Random Rules, RESPONDING TO DRUNKENNESS IN SCOTTISH SOCIETY:, Robin Hyde, Scotland, she made it kinder, Sian, Sian Fiona Williams, Silver Jews, social determinants, Speak, Speak Memory, Stewarton, syphilis, Temple, The Antiquary, The Boy with The Arab Strap, the captain died, the Libertines, The past and the Pending, The Rebel Antiquary, the Shins, the sky is not little, The The, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Thesis 1389, Thimble Row, This is not yesterday, Thora hands, Time for heroes, Tomas Transtromer, twinkle twinkle little star, Two Cultures, Two cultures 2004, two girls sing, Two Girls Singing, Vladamir Nabokov, Vladimir Nabakov, who followed who, William Carlos Williams, William King, wrapped up in books, Yann Martel

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 20, 2019April 27, 2020

Discoveries at Girgenti

This is my final film on Girgenti:

Categories: Architecture, History of medicine, Medical humanities, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Scotland, Two culturesTags: 2004, 2018, 60+ pink, A S Byatt, alcohol, Amalfi, Andrew, Andrew Robert Gordon, Architecture, Armageddon Days, Ayrshire, beautiful summer, Belle and Sebastian, Blue sky day, Bridge of Allan, butterflies, C Duncan, Cage the Elephant, Captain John Cheape, Cesare Pavese, Charles Dickens, Cold cold cold, comet seekers, Cpatain, Death Cab for Cutie, Doctoring in a whisky-injured nation, Dr Iain Smith, Dr Thora hands, drunk, drunkard, drunkards, Fox in the snow, garden, Girgenti, Girgenti House, Girgenti tower, girl of seventeen sent to an inebriates home, Godwits, Hale Bopp, Henry Logan, Herakles Temple, History of medicine, Hole Ousia, Iain Crichton Smith, Iain Smith, Ian Brown, Ian Smith, illegitimate, Inebriate, Inebriates, Into my arms, Isabella Thomson, John Cheape, John Macmurray, Judith Kerr, Julian Barnes, kindness, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Drabble, Medical education, medical humanities, memory, Mossgrove, Mrs Picken, My true country, n: The medical response to the "alcohol question" in Scotland, Nabokov, Napoleon, Napoleonic wars, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Old Harry, Omphalos, Omphalos films, Paestum, Patrick Geddes, Patrick M Mclaughlin, Paul Buchanan, Perth, Peter J Gordon, philosophy, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, prostitute, Rachel, Rachel Fiona Gordon, Random Rules, RESPONDING TO DRUNKENNESS IN SCOTTISH SOCIETY:, Robin Hyde, Scotland, she made it kinder, Sian, Sian Fiona Williams, Silver Jews, social determinants, Speak, Speak Memory, Stewarton, syphilis, Temple, The Antiquary, The Boy with The Arab Strap, the captain died, the Libertines, The past and the Pending, The Rebel Antiquary, the Shins, the sky is not little, The The, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Thesis 1389, Thimble Row, This is not yesterday, Thora hands, Time for heroes, Tomas Transtromer, twinkle twinkle little star, Two Cultures, Two cultures 2004, two girls sing, Two Girls Singing, Vladamir Nabokov, Vladimir Nabakov, who followed who, William Carlos Williams, William King, wrapped up in books, Yann Martel

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

Loading Comments...

Write a Comment...

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website