The other man’s glass
Have you ever noticed just how green window glass is? Our view of the outside world is tinted and we adjust our …
Have you ever noticed just how green window glass is? Our view of the outside world is tinted and we adjust our …
It’s time for a bath which means removing the woodlice and spiders from the enamel. I think I might let the …
If only I had a Guinea Pig. They would be in Guinea Pig heaven. These dandelions have roots as big as turnips.
There’s always a dead animal somewhere in Einar. Sometimes it’s a mummified starling. This time it’s a rabbit. Before it died it chewed through the electricity cable to my boiler. Then something ripped it to pieces and scattered it over the floor. There’s an isolated rabbit’s foot lying there. It wasn’t lucky for the rabbit.
Einar’s rhubarb is ridiculous. It’s like a wild thing, an alien being, taking over my walled vegetable garden. Now what are …
I’m on the Westray-bound ferry and suffering from heavy teas.
Orkney’s Neolithic past casts long shadows over its current landscape; literally and metaphorically. Here’s one of the Standing Stones of Stenness and …
Aberdeen. The oil capital of Europe. A place of granite and liquid black gold. A place of millionaires, the biggest heliport in …
Meg remembers me even though it’s been two years since she’s seen me. That’s even longer in dog years.
My dad says “I think it’s going to be breezy in Orkney today.” I say “I think it’s going to be Orkney.” …