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By Hole Ousia Posted on January 3, 2024

when it appears to be for the present

Quote: Susan Sontag – On Photography. Photograph: Big Ted and Peter Scott-Gordon approaching Drumnessie in the Kilsyth Hills

Categories: Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: Antiquary, Big Ted, Big Ted and Peter Scott-Gordon approaching Drumnessie in the Kilsyth Hills, drumnessie, Hole Ousia, I have been reading 'Understanding a Photograph' by John Berger, I like it when you call me Mr Scott, It is not reality that photographs make accessible, Kilsyth hills, Landscapes: John Berger on Art, On Photography, Peter Scott-Gordon, photograph, rear-view mirror, rebel antiquary, Social maverick, Strathcarron, Strathcarron [a few of my films], Susan Sontag, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, This is not yesterday, when it appears to be for the present, William Boyd [on photography]

By Hole Ousia Posted on November 17, 2023

Tamrawer

Last night I gave a talk on Tamrawer to the Banton Heritage Society. I called my talk ‘Do not forget. Do not forget’. What follows are the slides that I … Continue reading Tamrawer

Categories: Architecture, Bridge of Allan, Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Orchards, Philosophy, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1762, a famous potato grower, a gardener died, a gardener is always a futurist, Airthrey castle, ankle-high ruin, Antiquary, Auchencloch, Banton, Banton Heritage Group, Banton Heritage Society, Carron Iron Company, Carronside, Chasing the sun, Colin Barrie, Do not forget. Do not forget, Donald Graham, Dr Peter Gordon, Drumdruills, Drumdruils, forgotten places, gardener, gentle gardener, Hale Bopp, hillock with the high fort, History of the potato, Hole Ousia, horticulturalist, I like it when you call me Mr Scott, James Ross, Kilsyth, Mince an' Tatties, Mossgrove, November 2023, Omphalos, Omphalos films, oor Wullie, Peter Gordon, Peter John Gordon, potato, potato planting, potatoes, rebel antiquary, river kelvin, Robert Graham, Scotland, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, Strathcarron, Tamrawer, Tamrawer Kilsyth where Robert Graham grew potatoes on a commercial scale. He was the first to do so in Scotland., tatties, The Antiquary, The Gentle Gardener, The Grahams, The Grahams of Tamrawer, The Rebel Antiquary, Thomrawer, Tomrawer, Tomrawyr, unremembered, where iron runs like water

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 12, 2023

Poems on the Carron valley

Falkirk Herald, 1 June 1871: Kirkintilloch Gazette, 11 October 1902:

Categories: Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: 1871, 1902, Antiquary, Carron Glen, Carron valley, Falkirk Herald, Hole Ousia, Kirkintilloch Gazette, Poems, Poems on the Carron valley, poetry, rebel antiquary, RUINS in Forth Valley, Scottish Poetry Library, Silver Strand, Social maverick, Strathcarron, Strathcarron [a few of my films], The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary

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