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The Castles of My Life
Brodie Castle I took that picture standing in my bunny pyjamas on the castle lawn with three kids, three dogs and a budgie. There was no fire or disaster, just a malfunctioning alarm, or maybe it was...
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Where the River Ugie Meets the North Sea
River Ugie It’s a beautiful place. The River Ugie (pronouned yoo-ghee) winds its way through Aden Park and Strichen and ends its journey in Peterhead where it flows into the North Sea. There’s a foot...
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Snow Day in Scotland
Snow day! Up the track we trudge… Past the gnarly tree… Let’s follow the deer tracks into the forest. The sun is just over the hill. It casts its light onto the track as we head home to hot chocolate...
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If Candlemas Day is clear and bright…
This Candlemas (2nd of February) post was originally published in 2014. Hot at Candlemas I just sat in the hot place. It was good. It was sunny and bright, though it offered only a vague warmth today....
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Snowdrops in the Garden
The snowdrops have arrived, and with them the knowledge that spring is on the horizon. They can be found nestling by old trees. Small clumps of beauty abound in the garden. There are carpets of them...
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The Space Between Dunes
Between the dunes. There’s just the sea breeze and me. I’m looking out across the ocean. Walking down through the coarse grasses, feeling their roughness with my fingertips. As people must have done...
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The Alligators and Follies of Pitfour Estate
I’ve visited Pitfour Estate many times over the years. It’s a great place to walk, though less well known than the nearby Aden Park. I have photos from various years and various seasons. That’s summer...
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Walking the Witchy Ways of Aberdeen
Gallus Quines The Quine Shrine: witchcraft in Aberdeen I ran through St Nicholas Kirkyard, and down and round Correction Wynd, an old medieval lane in Aberdeen, to see this recent street art. I was...
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Dunes and Trees and Intense Writing
Back in the dunes again. Below the big sky. Between intense writing sessions. The Intense Writing Near the end of Fouetté, there’s a moment when Aleks is going to speak to a troubled character who...
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Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend
Hello, Darkness. Hello, Flare. I’ve been struck down by autoimmunity again, but it’s been worse. Many times. I’m trying to do everything right and hope I’ll be better soon. I searched my phone photos...
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