Scotland – Curious-Authentic Ink

The Hawks Nib

It’s a Butey!

Post author:Eryl
Post published:21/07/2021
Post category:Exploring Travel Writer's Life
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Tuesday 20 JulyI sit at the window of a kitchen that is mine for the week, like a cat safe in the knowledge its curiosity won't kill it here. On…

Stinging Sixties

Post author:Eryl
Post published:15/04/2021
Post category:Ageing Writer's Life
Post comments:4 Comments

Thanks to my parents not being able to keep their hands off each other for, preferably, another twenty years, a week ago I became sixty. I've known it was going…

Book Week Scotland 2020

Post author:Eryl
Post published:16/11/2020
Post category:Book Event Literature Ambassador
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Book Week Scotland 2020 is upon us like the softest of eiderdowns, fashioned from a patchwork of fabric cut from the frocks in a dress-up chest. This year's theme is…

Enchanted Lands

Post author:Eryl
Post published:08/03/2020
Post category:Literature Ambassador Writer's Life Writing
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What is an enchanted land? Does it have to be outside, like a forest or a wild-flower meadow, or can it be inside, like a kitchen in which a pie…

A Day of Curiosity – Sat 8th June

Post author:Eryl
Post published:06/06/2019
Post category:Literature Ambassador Wigtown
Post comments:2 Comments

From Wigtown: Find out why curiosity didn't kill the cat! Join us this Saturday in Wigtown for a day of short talks from the inquisitive staff of the University of Glasgow, Dumfries…