‘Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?’
My friend told me about a poet who stashed pencils in the branches of trees, so when out walking, she would always have [...]
Small Town Living
Small Town Living About thirty years ago, I was on the Thames teaching kayaking. Speeding water buses, river traffic, huge moored barges, the [...]
Victoria Crowe 50 years of painting
Victoria Crowe 50 years of painting Sat 18th May to 13th October 2019 It's all very well sitting in the studio with your [...]
Bioluminescent Plankton
Phosphorescence. Seven of us left Toward sailing club last night. Paddling under a star-filled sky. Heading up Loch Striven, the sea was flat [...]
Time Flies
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an [...]
The Watercolour World
The Watercolour World, Before we all had our smartphones and took pictures of our breakfast, the method of recording an image was usually [...]
The strange story of the SS Warimoo
There is a great story kicking about the internet about the SS Warimoo, and I've included it below. Before people point out, the [...]
Gift Giving
A few months ago a friend of mine bought me a book of poetry. It was out of the blue, no reason, not [...]
Nick Nairn Cook School and Cedarbank Studio – Port of Menteith
The smell of rosemary and freshly made pizza enveloped me as I walked into Nick Nairn Cook School in the Port of Menteith [...]
Kylie the Clyde Dolphin
Between the Isle of Cumbrae and Fairlie , just south of where I'm based, lives is a lone short-beaked common dolphin. The locals [...]