Pianos and Flowers
On the day that I retired from the NHS, after more than 25 years as a doctor, our postwoman delivered a present. It was from Alexander McCall Smith and included … Continue reading Pianos and Flowers
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on a cross-bar
I have been reading ‘Piano & Flowers‘ by Alexander McCall Smith in my garden. This is an imaginative ‘sort-of’ review of this wonderful collection of romantic short stories: My love … Continue reading on a cross-bar
The Fair Maid of Perth
The following is a companion film: Context to these films: To see what Scott saw So humble, so lacking in egotism Wallace Road West Dron Hill Farm
Wallace Road
What follows is some of the archive material that I found that relates to the WALLACE Road: the ancient high road through the Ochil hills:
‘So humble, so lacking in egotism’
I recently suggested to my friend Ian that I would like to find a gate that I had come across a photograph of in the Canmore archive. To me the … Continue reading ‘So humble, so lacking in egotism’
Statement by the firm
Congratulations Andrew.
[ W A V E R L E Y ]
sixty years since they were buried in the graveyard sixty years since they were loved.
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:
Discoveries at Girgenti
This is my final film on Girgenti:
drawn from life
Michel Montaigne, 1533 –1592, was one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre. I share in the lasting appreciation … Continue reading drawn from life
Hints
I would suggest that these hints matter today as much as any time in history:
Girgenti followed Paestum
It might have been the other way around: Paestum may have followed Girgenti. Nabokov once said that he “did not believe in time”. What follows is Girgenti [in the form … Continue reading Girgenti followed Paestum