Horses and misjudged projections.

Scotland isn't an exotic place but the sunrise and sunsets here rank alongside the best of them.

As we're heading down the beach two of the ladies from the local stables arrive.

Most mornings they spend a full, happy hour promenading from one end of the beach to the other and then back. The water, they say, works miracles on tired legs and hooves.

Back in the village the burn is fit to burst after the recent rains. There's still no sign of the snow drops that usually carpet the banks. Give it a bit longer and the primroses will be out.

I pop into the book store to pick up a recent history of Uganda. Recent events with the attempted arrest of Bobi Wine by Musevenis police make me feel as though I should know more about what's going on there. An American professor of Social Anthropology informs me, with doubtful precision, that only 3% of the US population are aware that Greenland is not as big as it appears on a Mercator map :https://thetruesize.com/ . 

On the counter by the front door a book with the title ' Tails of Scotland - The story of Scottish dogs '.  Two Skye Terriers peer back at me from the front cover. Inside there's a photo of a trio of Dandy Dinmonts hurtling along a loch side in top gear. What better reason can there be for the sudden decision to buy a book than a photo of Dandy Dinmonts ?

Sunday links :

Bye bye California. Shifting populations :https://bluebookmke.substack.com/p/where-americans-choose-to-move-and

Chinese food. Another of those questions I'd never thought of asking :https://substack.com/home/post/p-184397627

Some reflective prose :https://substack.com/home/post/p-184439590

A new opening and already the 'in' place in Marrakesh. Love the goats in the lobby :https://jnanerumi.com/

What a hairstyle. Reminder that trade agreements take a long time to draft and be approved :https://x.com/Valen10Francois/status/2010017960598102520

A C-A-T watercolourist :https://substack.com/@alicestevenson

Whoever knew Kentucky has its own version of Welsh Rarebit ? :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Brown