Not a soul on the beach this morning. Last weeks bitter cold has given way to much milder weather. It's supposed to get up to 11 degrees this afternoon. We thought the Texan tenants might be moving into the wee house in town today but we've got the dates mixed up. They arrive next Monday and the new semester kicks off officially on the 27th. I am left wondering why academia, alone among the professions, has such long holidays.
In the second hand bookstore next to the Gospel Hall Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Raven' competes with a book on British teapots. The neighbouring Gospel Hall has a large, shop sized, plate glass window which has at some stage in the last century become home to a huge map of the world. A few edifying biblical texts have been written on blank postcards and sellotaped onto the spots where the map has become damaged or has been chewed by mice. We've never seen a light on in the Gospel Hall or indeed any sign of life. It could be deserted or possibly kept going by a small but invisible group of ageing believers waiting for the tide of faith to come sweeping back in. There's a hand stenciled sign to the side of the window with an arrow and the words ' Entrance this way'. Underneath in faded green letters is the rather forthright question ' Are you washed in the blood of the lamb ?'
So starts another quiet week in a small seaside town on the North Sea.
Feeding birds in winter :https://birdhistory.substack.com/p/charity-to-the-outdoor-poor
This is what a London restaurant should look like :https://cinnamonclub.com/
Hidden in a back street in Edinburgh a building that's been forgotten :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtZK9wJFCD4
6 comments:
Hari OM
Oh I say, I'd be tempted to turn The Grey's wheels to St A's for the Songs of the Hebrides recital. Mum and Dad had Kenneth MacKellar's LP of the this series and we heard it often in my young years. As for the Edinburgh video - thank you for that!!! Hooroo from Dunoon where nature's washing machine is operating at full cycle outside the Hutch's windows! YAM xx
The dog sculptures are starting to grow on me. I don't think I'd want to own one, but I would enjoy seeing them from time to time in a gallery window. Academics can probably maximize their holidays by shifting between the US and the UK, as US schools generally start their holiday periods earlier and the UK schools seem to end theirs later. I would certainly like to visit that restaurant, for both its looks and its menu.
Inanimate pets are easy to care for and love.
I like this sculptor's work. The dog looks like a young 'doodle with its long legs.
I, too, like the sculptors work. This is Lottie the Lurcher according to the note on the plinth. Much easier to care for than the "real" dog which needs quite a lot of grooming and still looks as though it's never been brushed!
I love the dog. No need for pooh bags with that one.
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