July 28, 2019July 28, 2019Cairngorms, Novels, Of Stone and Sky, Pilgrimage, Uncategorized, Writer's Life Angel’s Peak At the start of this year, I decided to embrace my term as Writer in Residence for the Cairngorms National Park as […]
July 16, 2019December 9, 2019Cairngorms, Novels, Of Stone and Sky, Pilgrimage, Writer's Life Pilgrim Loses the Way Losing my wallet was the last straw. The final sign, if any were needed, that what I was really losing was my […]
March 8, 2019March 9, 2019Cairngorms, Creative Writing Classes, Novels, On Writing, Pilgrimage Destination Unknown Driving to the first workshop of the year-long Shared Stories: A Year in the Cairngorms Project I was feeling bleak. It shouldn’t […]
February 22, 2019February 21, 2019Cairngorms, Pilgrimage, Scotland Wonder “Can I throw her stick?” cries my godson J, careering down the path ahead of me with our golden retriever, Sileas, who […]
February 8, 2019February 8, 2019Cairngorms, Pilgrimage, Wildlife The Guide “I don’t believe it!” Duncan cries, peering through his binoculars (or ‘bins’, as he calls them. I’m learning the lingo.) “Is that […]
February 1, 2019February 7, 2019Cairngorms, Pilgrimage Shared Stories: A Year in the Cairngorms Here is an invitation: come with me on a journey into the Cairngorms. Perhaps, like me, you live here; perhaps, like I […]