Miscellaneous
New Spaces
The Blide Trust door is open when I arrive for the first creative session. The door is permanently and deliberately ajar, there is no boundary, no burden of pushing to open a way inside. It is a simple, single step. As simple, and as complex, as putting one word next to another. This evening, reading […]
Read more of New Spaces...Orkney Gold
Orkney Gold It has been a golden week on Orkney. The sky has been blue and the sun unveiled. The Orkney 2025 Island Games are now complete: the races and swims, the after party and the journey home. Any athletes who remain will be refreshed by the soft rain that now falls from a mild [...]Read more of Orkney Gold...Island Voices Celebration
Copies of Island Voices have now arrived back in Orkney. Unpacked quickly they were rapidly distributed into Orkney 2025 Island Games volunteer bags and have begun to be distributed through the community. I have already had a number of folk asking how they get a copy. However, the books are not for sale. They are a [...]Read more of Island Voices Celebration...Wirdsmit – Orkney young writers
On Saturday I facilitated another young persons workshop for Wirdsmit. It was a frisky day with freezing wind from the north and hailstones gathering in the gutter. The miles dropped off the electric car quickly as I drove to Stromness, but there would be a tail wind back. Our theme was ‘The Hidden Horror’ and […]
Read more of Wirdsmit – Orkney young writers...Salt on My Skin – Sarah Norquoy
Salt on My Skin chronicles Sarah Norquoy’s blossoming love of sea swimming. She invites the reader into her life with humour and enthusiasm, and rewards them with insight into a journey of personal change. Her prose flows rapidly with the warmth of good conversation with a friend. This is not a one disaster, one epiphany […]
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