being and becoming in the world
The above newspaper headline is from a report in the Kerryman newspaper, 27th November 2003. The report describes a “new training programme aimed at helping health service professionals to improve … Continue reading “Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”
‘The Godwits Fly’ is one of my favourite books. It was written by Robin Hyde and published not long before her early death in August 1939. Robin Hyde died as … Continue reading BENZEDRINE
The Temple of Polmona [or fame] This temple survived, but not for the wont of Art or Science. What ‘saved it’ was feel. This film is for Antony, Bridget and … Continue reading Little Wonder
The very last day of 1911 [as reported in the Stirling Observer]:
Last year I visited Thurso bay to visit the memorial to Captain Michael Atwell Slater [1796-1842] the hydrographer who helped chart Scotland’s coastline. Alas, I found that his memorial had … Continue reading Suicide of a Captain
At the edge of a field, north of Crookston Wood, parish of Heriot, there is an undated monument taking the form of an obelisk: The Ordnance Survey book of 1856 … Continue reading The Muses claim’d him
