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Shimmeringness
There's a very particular quality to the light here in Orkney, as anyone who has been here will know. Maybe it's to do with the Northerly latitude, or the open landscape and big skies, or the presence of the sea and bright lochs all around us. Orcadian writer George...
Silver leaf, moths and mending
It's been a slow spring here in Orkney, with the cold dragging its heels even as the light floods back and the evenings open up. But memories of the extraordinary blue-and-silver days of snow and hard frost we had back in February and March are coming back in the...
How to Hold a Cloud
"How to Hold a Cloud" is a new short piece of writing which, along with the accompanying drawing (shown below) is included in the new issue of Dark Mountain, Issue 19: Requiem. I'm delighted to be alongside writers such as Jay Griffiths. Kerri ni Dochartaigh and Nancy...