La vita é bella!
[… a short ‘essai‘ at explaining the mind/das Gehirn/l’esprit/de Geest/den Sjel/der Geist…] The Levellers sang about Zeitgeist… I want to write about Geist. Many of the great Creatives (writers, artists, photographers, musicians, chefs…) of our times have suffered from mental ‘illness’… Burns, Baudelaire, Vian, Van Gogh, John Lennon and most likely Dylan, Shakespeare, Mozart and […]
a blog before breakfast
It’s been so long since I wrote anything at all that I thought I’d try to smash out a quick blog before breakfast (regardless of its quality). I’m coming to realise that it is impossible to do two things at once. Multi-tasking is a myth. Probably propagated by the patriarchy to keep us women busy […]
Time
Time is such an odd construct. Do you think Vikings wore wristwatches? Dusk and dawn. Sunset and sunrise. These are real. They happen every day. Time is not real. It’s just an idea. We made it up. Chew on that for a while. Originally, I was going to call this collection Kronos (Time in Greek) […]
Kronos – Time
Eat less, Move more Pin this to the kitchen door. Sleep well, Learn to breathe See the wood for all those trees? Make time, Read a book How will you know, unless you look? Smile often, Laugh a lot Take good care of what you’ve got. Grow potatoes, Fish the sea Maybe some day you’ll […]
Motherhood
Becoming a mum at 40 is no laughing matter. I got up this morning feeling and looking like a sack of last year’s potatoes, (the ones that have been out in the coal shed all Winter: moldy, puffy and a little green) staggered to the kitchen and hit go on the kettle. So far, so […]
Love
OK. So, it’s not cool to like Valentine’s Day. Truth be told, I freaking LOVE V Day! It’s the one day a year it’s OK to spread peace, hope and joy. I’m sorry if you don’t have a ‘significant other’ to share the day with, but you have a cat, don’t you? You have a […]
Technicolour Dreamboat
So, this whole Phillip Schofield thing has got me thinking… Is it really necessary to ‘come out’ so publicly, in this day and age? Does a celebrity have to debase him/herself LIVE on TV to garner the respect they deserve? Was it all just an Insta publicity stunt (330,006 hearts and counting…)? Am I getting […]
Mountaineering
A decent pair of climbing boots… We strode out from Mamore Lodge Two abreast Father and daughter She setting a measured, leisurely pace Breathing carefully. He keeping time Nursing a sore shoulder. As the track inclined and the view opened out Loch Leven hove into sight An old trawler tied up indefinitely To a wee […]
Gritter Thunberg
So. I’ve been thinking… All this hysteria over climate change and global warming… Is Greta Thunberg actually just a decoy? Is she being paid by the Government? Is she yet another fear-monger? If you buy an electric car this year the Government will give you £3.5K towards it. My trusty old unleaded petrol car is […]
Recovery Song
Day 18 I’ve been at a beautiful health retreat in deepest Devon for the last 18 days. Four hours of exercise every day (and that’s just before breakfast). Calorie controlled meals based on small portions of protein and lots of veg (carbs are the enemy). I feel amazing. I am literally glowing. My skin is […]
World Poetry Day 2019
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver The sun is out, it’s suitably mild, the daffs are nodding in the breeze… could it possibly be Spring?! I have a little poem for you, from the collection, on this global day of words. Light scudsover bactrian dunes,Wind […]
It’s Spring!
Hullooooooooooooooooo! It’s me! I’m out of hibernation and raring to go. I even have a gig lined up but you can only come if you take all your clothes off. You think I’m joking. The lovely British Naturist Society are hosting an event at the Glenmorag in sunny Dunoon at which I shall be reading […]
e = 0
It occurs to me, the more I read and learn, that the crux of life, the answer I have been searching for all along is that everything is nothing. EVERYTHING is NOTHING. Sorry for shouting, but it’s just such a difficult concept to grasp, like trying to hold onto a fish, you think you’ve got […]
The fairy dust has settled…
Hullo! I’m so excited to have a REAL website back up; I haven’t used WordPress since the good old Midden days and it feels great to have a proper platform to stand on again! I’m going to try to give you an update every Sunday (my day of rest) a wee catch up on what’s […]
Welcome!
You found me! Welcome to the site. This page will feature regular updates with new videos by Dòl Eoin, poetry commentary and more. There will be plenty to see and hear so keep coming back! Kate