being and becoming in the world
In Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh, the photographer Rob Reinhardt came across this fallen and broken angel: In 2016, the Friends of Newington Cemetery were able to have this beautiful angel statue … Continue reading The Broken Angel and other Poems
I was determined to visit Dundonnell, Ross-shire, to pay respect to Robert Savage Reid, who died aged 16 as a result of “spasm of the heart“. His absent father, Francis … Continue reading Spasm of the heart
I will be heading North on my next wee adventure with Big Ted, to explore lost and forgotten parts of Sutherland and Caithness. One of the places we hope to … Continue reading ‘This grave is never to be opened’
I cannot wait to visit ‘Fifty Years’ by Andy Goldworthy. What follows are some edited excerpts from yesterday’s Scotsman:
This short film is for Harriet. Yesterday I visited her grave. At the end of May we visited Newliston House and gardens. What a beautiful house it is and the … Continue reading Harriet
In Lagganallachie auld churchyard, Perthshire, there is this tombstone in the shape of a bird bath/table. Around the rim it reads “FOR THE BIRDS SHE LOVED SO MUCH”: This delightful … Continue reading ‘For the birds she loved so much’
This short film is for Harriet. Yesterday I visited her grave. At the end of May we visited Newliston House and gardens. What a beautiful house it is and the … Continue reading ‘Delightfully naïve and charming’
Lesmahgow, yer churchyard! Sixty years since, and mair . . . Beyond his grave, Walter Scott affrontit! The past, various pasts no longer half-remembered.