AULD REEKIE NOTES
Last Wednesday I visited Warriston Cemetery. I had with me some [prepared] notes which I share here along with some of the photographs that I took [spontaneous]. *I visited Warriston … Continue reading AULD REEKIE NOTES
Tag: Warriston Cemetery
‘The direct male line of the poet has come to an end’
9 January 1896, Southern Reporter: Robert Burns [1844-1896]:
from each moment
To play this short film please click here or on the image above. Filmed in Warriston Cemetery, Wednesday 13 December 2023. Music credit: A cover of ‘Shine like it does’ … Continue reading from each moment
An Edinburgh Gardener’s death
On Wednesday morning I visited Warriston cemetery: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. This film is dedicated to Patrick Geddes. Credits: [1] Dawn … Continue reading An Edinburgh Gardener’s death
Warriston cemetery: the day before yesterday
On Wednesday I visited Warriston Cemetery in Edinburgh. I did so in remembrance of a young woman called Cissy Pentney: Cecilia Pentney: R.I.P. about 6 pm, 5th July 1897. Photographs … Continue reading Warriston cemetery: the day before yesterday
‘Safe Haven’
Yesterday I came across this fallen tombstone in Warriston Cemetery. It was the grave of a child who had died in infancy:
‘Doctor Syntax’
Material that I have collected on ‘Dr Syntax’: 1820s’ John Sheriff: Early 1800s sketchbook and lecture notes by John Sheriff: Early 1800s sketchbook and lecture notes by John Sheriff: 1804 … Continue reading ‘Doctor Syntax’
Stone feathers, frozen mid-flight
I recently read this book by Peter Ross: This is a deeply moving book written by a man who observes much of what most of us fail to see! I … Continue reading Stone feathers, frozen mid-flight