To see oursels as ithers see us!
In my old school book The Albatross Book of Verse, from which I have used many of the peoms found there, I marvel that Robert Burns sits between William Blake and William Wordsworth – poets of the early nineteenth century! The three of them would make interesting dinner guests. Scotland’s National Bard, Robert Burns, was…
The Flow Country
In the far north of Scotland, in the two most northernmost counties, Sutherland and Caithness, there is an abundance of natural beauty. When I lived there close to 40 years ago I took it all for granted and as a barrenness that I had to drive through. Oh silly me! Recently a friend from those…
The Leper Window
Carrickfergus is my hometown. The castle, around which the town took its shape, was built in 1177. In 1182, the Anglo Norman, John de Courcy, who had the castle built, turned his attention to the building of a church, which today along with the castle dominate the town’s landscape. Please give yourself a treat and…
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