The Isles of Life & Death
‘Under the earth I go, On the oak leaf I stand, I ride on the filly that was never foaled, And I carry the dead in my hand.’ These … Continue reading
Frost Flowers – Unfolding a New Project
“Let the lesson be – to be yourselves… And to make that worth being” Hugh MacDiarmid (translated from Old Scots into English) Most flowers blossom for weeks on end. The … Continue reading
Winterland
This is Scotland. This is what we do 🙂 Last winter, between Christmas and New Year, my brother and I took a wander out into the highlands. We caught the … Continue reading
Return
I’ve been away for a little while now; it’s time to come back to the online world. I took a wee break from writing after I finished my book; then … Continue reading
Books- the Past & the Future
Something in honour of World Book Day. The painting shown is from the Shahnameh; the ‘Book of Kings’- you can click on the image to open it up and take a … Continue reading
Some Blogs Worth Reading, February 2015
I’ve not had much opportunity to work on this blog for a while, as I’ve been toiling away, putting the finishing touches to my book. I have had the time … Continue reading
The Dance in the Snow- Kalpa, Kinnaur
In the high valleys of the Himalaya, balanced between Tibet and the plains of north India, there lies a land called Kinnaur. It occupies the steep slopes of the Sutlej canyon, … Continue reading
Otherworlds #2- The Prisoner of the Tree
The first writers from the bright-lit lands of the Middle Sea, gazing north into a gloom of silver clouds and fog and endless trees, described how the peoples of the … Continue reading
The Endless Knot- Edinburgh’s Forgotten Celtic Art
Edinburgh is a place for secret things. The city feels like a labyrinth; a maze of tangled stone in which the works of generations hide themselves. They pile up, layer … Continue reading
God is an Artist- the Canyon Country of Northeast Iceland
There is in the northeast of Iceland a canyon, that cuts through a landscape of vari-coloured hills and enormous, surreal rock formations. It contains walls of basalt columns, a desert … Continue reading
Feral Words 