Weekly adventures in language and life. I posted last week from Northumberland on Thursday, election eve, unaware of what was going to happen the next day. By the time I left to drive home on Saturday morning, the political landscape in Scotland had changed beyond recognition.

Of Whom There Have Been A Few Yarns. Of Whom There Have Been A Few Yarns.

Life in the Mountains- Crazy Beautiful Ugly Mountain Weather. Without sounding like a cliche, climbing peaks has a lot of metaphors for life. The Cold, Damp Magic of Fog. In Search of the Sleeping Lady.

Why I bothered to learn Irish. In the early days I was surprised to find I had to justify myself a lot to people who think the language is worthless.

Tick tock time goes by. We learn to love again. We learn to trust again. We start walking with our heads held high, no longer treading carefully on those egg shells that plagued us for so long. But we get pulled back into the depths of our past every once and a while. No one wants to rekindle old horrors, old memories, abuse of any kind. It is the best I can do, for now.

Craft, taaaaaaaay and the whole damn thing. I hope they gave great inspiration to their former owners; I hope for the same for whoever has them after me.

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