Naming The Equinox Moon
That Saturday was a night of strange conjuctions in the celestial realm. The Friday before had been the full moon and the […]
Tag: nature writing
Following Nan Shepherd up Creag Dhubh
Creag Dhubh is the first hill Scottish writer Nan Shepherd climbed on her journey into the Cairngorms, described in her book The […]
Learning the Land
How nature has colonised my notebooks as I’ve learnt more about the landscape and wildlife of the Cairngorms. A journey into observation.
Two-Book Deal For Merryn Glover’s Cairngorms
Friends and faithful readers of Writing the Way, I cannot tell you how happy I am to share this news with you. […]
A Sense of Place
What happens when we pay close attention to nature? A Sense of Place, about my residency with the Cairngorms National Park, first appeared […]
The High Tongue
It’s the Cairngorms Nature at Home Big 10 Days! This WAS going to be the Cairngorms Nature Big Weekend and I WAS […]
Anthology Launch & Celebration
Well that’s a wrap! On the 21st of November we raised our glasses and cheers in a celebration event to mark the […]
Poetry in Practice
One of my great hopes for this year as Writer in Residence at the Cairngorms National Park was to dedicate more time […]
Cairngorms Staff Away Day
Staff away days can be notorious for press-ganging resistant folk through ‘team-building’ exercises like tying Betty from accounts to intern Joey’s back […]
The Nature Writer & The Big Surprise
When I arrive at Speyside High School the welcome from Lesley Williamson, Head of English is warm, though a little surprised. She […]