March 22, 2019June 14, 2021Cairngorms, Creative Writing Classes, Poetry The Cairngorms Lyric is Born Atop the cnoc, the moon is new And scooping swifts adorn The inky blue. Catriona
March 15, 2019March 15, 2019Books, On Writing Well Met at The London Book Fair Speed dating has never appealed to me and my early launch into monogamy has rendered it unnecessary, at least where romance is […]
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 […]
March 1, 2019February 28, 2019Cairngorms, Scotland Doggy Don’t This week’s post is not pretty. It doesn’t feature wildlife guides, dignified gentlemen in evening light or gorgeous children. Sorry to disappoint, […]
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 14, 2019February 14, 2019Cairngorms, India, Land Reform, Scotland Goldenacre The view from Goldenacre looks out across Loch Insh to the Feshie hills beyond. John Anderson, who is nearly 80, serves me […]
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 […]