dimanche 25 mai 2025

Dùthchas: Evolving like nettles

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  Like many gardeners, weeding nettles out of the vegetables on a Hebridean croft is an ongoing and frustrating task. They grow with littl...
mercredi 23 avril 2025

Ancestors of Declining Numbers

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  I'm living in a time where the institutions I serve are declining. Post-pandemic economies are decreasing, and budget shortages have f...
vendredi 21 mars 2025

Dùthchas: Ancestral ripples

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Two ducks were foraging on the loch this equinox. Quietly resting, paddling below the surface. Their reflection could be seen all along the ...
mercredi 5 mars 2025

Dùthchas: Deep breathing to regain your wind energy

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    As I write this, there is a gèile shaking my windows at about 65mph, definately over the national speed limit. In Orkney, where there is...
mercredi 26 février 2025

Dùthchas: Stone markers of desecration

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     There is something about rock foundations and mountains that transcend our lives. For millenia, Eastern temples have been built in moun...
lundi 10 février 2025

Dùthchas: Branches, Sheep & Keeping Gifts Safe

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  Dùthchas celebrates and describes our deep Hebridean connection to the land where we grow through work and play. The rolling crofts and r...
samedi 4 janvier 2025

Dùthchas: the Three Veg Sisters

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  [painting: Moses Ludham] Dùthchas: the Three Veg Sisters  In this entry of Dùthchas: Learning from the Land , I draw from the lessons of t...
dimanche 15 décembre 2024

Dùthchas: Sustainability according to the Cedar Waxwings

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 In this installment of Dùthchas: Learning from the Land, I am sharing Robin Wall Kimmerer's sustainability lessons she gleaned from the...
jeudi 12 décembre 2024

Dùthchas: Developing a Hen's Grit

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  For this instalment of Dùthchas: Learning from the Land, I want to tell you a bit about our very social croft hens. Hens are lovely to kee...
dimanche 17 novembre 2024

Dùthchas: Geese & Sharing the load

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  In this Dùthchas series, learning from the land, I reflect upon the geese that are migrating South from the Highlands this week, and how t...