Mulberry tree
When as a family we first came to Bridge of Allan, almost twenty years ago now, I planted a Mulberry Tree in our front garden. I have always been fond … Continue reading Mulberry tree
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The Birnam Oak
My mother recently gave me her grandfather’s letter opener. It was made from the wood of an ancient Birnam oak. Wilfrid Lawson Gibson, my mother’s grandfather, was a Major in … Continue reading The Birnam Oak
To the Lighthouse
Some of what the tide brought to me in an article by Philip Hoare (The Guardian, 24 June 2017): Risingtidefallingstar by Philp Hoare will be published on 13July 2017
Time held green
Chapter three of ‘Repeats its love’: Time held green [1] Just last week whilst in Edinburgh for a medical conference, the writer spent his lunchtime rather unsociably walking over the … Continue reading Time held green