From Braco to Brittany

Crail harbour Sypsies was the big house on the hill in the East Neuk of Fife about one mile from Crail and its' picturesque and much photographed harbour. We lived in so many houses, and all big, often rambling, some of them only half finished. Lying...

Duncreggan House, Derry High School with its' famous hornbeam tree (une charme) "Fiona! Lucinda! Cherry! Come down at once!" The year was 1972. The place Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The vice head mistress of Derry HIgh School for girls from 11 to 18,,...

Photo by Jan Bolz Yesterday I started exploring how I transform my daily life through the power of dreams. Today I continue this exploration. Last night once again I dreamed images. I'll not give the full dream, but just the snippets which are relevant....

Photo by DYAA ELDIN Dreams are images and emotions that float into our night consciousness, our dreaming consciousness and some of them, not all, pass then into our waking consciousness. That's when they become interesting, because we are all narrative...

LA CARAPACE Je suis né dans une grande famille – 4 garçons et 3 filles. Moi, j’étais le quatrième, le mouton noir, né un soir de réveillon de Nouvel An quand tous (sauf ma mère et moi) faisaient la fête. Ma mère, m’en voulait-elle de rater le repas et...

Many years ago, not far from Gourin, in Centre Finistere, Brittany there was small farm. It was a well to do farm, employing three agricultural workers, as they would be called nowadays, who tended to the two working horses, to the ploughing and sowing,...

This day started with an alarm clock that failed. I became aware of this fact by the quality of light filtering through the shutters. Like Breton and Frnech houses in general my house has shutters. But whereas the normal function of shutters is to keep...

Ronald Scott Thomson graduating from Glasgow University Yelling and shouting I run, Racing as fast as I can, Cartwheeling! Somersaulting! Standing on hands! Jumping! Running! Racing! Don't stop for a second - keep going, On up the hill to happiness. And...

This is a blog about awakening. Awakening first and foremost my long time desire to write. Awakening the quest to understand myself and others through the act of writing. Awakening the love of poetry and litterature, and all the magic of the word music...