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Rooting and uprooting
A long time ago, I was yanked out of the dirt. Roots dangling, withering with thirst. The leaves began to curl, lose shape, turned a dull brown. The…
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Glasgow Green
Glasgow Green has a rich history of political protest. From the 19th century, it became the focal point for many demonstrations in the city: from…
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Collecting the newspaper
Sometimes when I’m having a hard day, I remember the time I was sitting in a cafe and I watched an old man very slowly shuffle his way along the street…
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Little star
Watching a starling is like peering into another galaxy. Their black feathers are iridescent in the sunlight with tints of greens, purples and blues…
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Next stop: childhood
I pass through my childhood every week. My commute to Stirling on the train stops at Croy station, where my mother and us five kids would sometimes get…
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Tangerine glow
As I walked beneath the tangerine glow of the streetlights in my new neighbourhood, the ground began to shake, shift and split open. The now fractured…
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Soberness
On the 23rd June 2023, I decided to quit drinking. How long for wasn’t quite determined, but I knew it was definitely for the rest of the year, maybe…
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Fragments
Fragments
Notes on nature, childhood, belonging, identity, climate change, hope and reclamation.
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