Alec Finlay

Glen Ey yellow leaves and spittles of foam pass under the bridge just the same 27.X.26

Cnoc Chadail, the sleepful knowe. A fairy hillock in Glen Ey, with a tale of being kidnapped in the chamber for 7 years which I wrote about for Sidekick Books anthology on the fae. The name is from Adam Watson; it doesn't appear on the OS. sidekickbooks.com/booklab/wp-c...

the specific sun of mid-October falls upon my local cheek 26.X.26

thruple love has taught me this: never come between my love and her dish- washer machine which purrs like a tame beast all the long night hours 25.X.26

going with the flow, photo by TT, Felagie

No art, no culture, just a wasteland of jails

the old mill wheel of Glenmullie in her memories the sun is always turning always shining 24.X.26

THE SHARP END OF SUMMER stubble 23.X.26

the differences she says bracken with me fern with her daughter 22.X.26

they set off for a walk and before you know it if you sit quiet with your notebook open there they are looking beautiful coming back 21.X.26

Closing Radio 4 Extra will not create savings of note. It commissions no original programmes. It pays modest radio royalties, producers and hosts. That's it. So the BBC archive is gonna be left to collect dust?

BBC Radio 4 Extra is my most important cultural resource, and so inexpensive in comparitive terms. Closing it is disaster for those who love public service radio. Ugh. Grr. Down with this kind of thing.

(I) the last stoat of Rousay was he lonely? (II) this conspiracy theory versus that theory about a conspiracy (III) evolution was never meant to be salmon eating chicken or chicken eating salmon (IV) her swooping kestrel his drifting hawk (V) that’s a big buzzard or a small eagle

a sign of the season –condensation on the pane a sign of poverty –ice on the inside 19.X.26

Zumthor his perfect door closes with a sucking sound his pear tree handles look good enough to eat 18.X.26

NEW: The SNP have backed calls for buffer zones around hotels housing asylum seekers following a vote at the party's annual conference 👇 👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

much to the cat’s liking next door’s tree is all elbows and knees 17.X.26

JA The novelist died in- between writing sessions. Ever professional, the passages composed following his death were as fully functional as those written before. 16.X.26

from Crossword paintings

Mar Lodge the grazier knows the conservatism of cows– won’t cross a metal bridge will wade the river 15.X.26

it is easier to make a bench from a table than make a table from a bench 14.X.26

the darkness under the blanket is a shadow of the darkness outside 13.X.26

some spines (I) there is a time and a place for hedgehogs (II) after IHF dispersers of oaks botherers of stone (III) the banana spectrum the plum line (IV) the Wood Lady was once a grub 12.X.26

for GR yes, it’s good to cut the sitka yes, it’s stupid to take away the shelter 11.X.26

Regardless of the result, the Holborn by-election was as good an argument as you will get for Labour to introduce PR now and establish a seawall against the far right parties.

three conspectus views of Skye, from A Company of Mountains. The conspectus is a visual poem transcribing a view from a single location. www.company-of-mountains.com/p/map.html

some leaves (1) our typos keep us close to the page (2) the sleeping deer the sleeping deer’s dreams (3) lost in translation what he whispered is between them like a fence or a gate (4) the poet says class let’s be like a tree 10.X.26

1937’s utterly gorgeous Penguin Books building in Harmondsworth, Middlesex. Several decades after Penguin moved to central London, this lovely, historic Art Deco gem was pulled down. Which was just wrong.

'A VERB WITH NOUNS / walk', from the walkative revolution.

some conkers (1) the rocket scientist meeting adjourned for a lack of metaphors (2) that the king owns the seabed lives rent free in my head (3) words don’t fail yet wordle does (4) we all have our secret flights what matters is who flies with us 9.X.26

The "Sleeping Antelope" petroglyph at Tin Taghirt, Tassili n'Ajjer, Algeria. Neolithic period, rock art of the Sahara www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPo...

The Covid wave in England is growing very fast, and the overall Covid risk level has been raised to High. As of 4 October, 1 in every 175 people were infected, up 34% on the previous week. We continue to recommend that Covid-Cautious people take full precautions in ALL indoor places. A thread 🧵

Glasgow placenames, from Wild City, photos by Mhairi Law.

some pansies (1) this need to know was issued on the basis of your knee and my nose (2) violets are more memorable than this pain is worse (3) Kemi English is a race British is a thing 8.X.26

the nights are fairly it never seems like the getting dark is evenly spread 7.X.26

JA the novelist died in- between writing sessions ever professional the passages following death were as fully functional as those before

my time with elephants then I saw their wrinkled bums rush into a circle of trust 6.X.26

Luke Roberts, the best writer on poetics in the UK just now.

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Recording the golden plover at Coire na Feadaige, with Chris Watson, for fauna jukebox, commissioned by Hauser & Wirthf or the Fife Arms. An LP will be released later this year by Art into Life, in Japan. Photo by Mhairi Law, 2017. gathering.bandcamp.com/track/golden...

the turning of the leaves is a calling to catalogue the spice shelf on Sunday mornings flinging these and sifting those into new jars 5.X.26