Scotiana

Mairiuna, before the New Year ramps up, why not investigate about our most popular posts to see what are our readers’ favourite subjects?
Let’s see what the stats reveal. Suspense….
And the winners are :
1. Rannoch Moor:  First Steps Into The Scottish Wilderness
 
People seemed to be energized in the clear and fresh atmosphere of the place and everybody looked happy [...]

After the road, the trees… After the trees, unknown territory… After that, nothing at all.

(Louis Ferdinand Celine quoted by Kenneth White in The Blue Road)

Hi everybody! I’m very happy to be back with you on our blue road… ages seem to have passed since I have told you about our marvellous whales watching zodiac cruise [...]

‘Books!’ said Tuppence.
 She produced the word rather with the effect of a bad-tempered explosion.
 ‘What did you say?’ said Tommy.  
Tuppence looked across the room at him.
‘I said “books”,’ she said.
 ‘I see what you mean,’ said Thomas Beresford.
In front of Tuppence were three large packing cases. From each of them various books had been extracted. [...]

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Pour tous ceux, pour toutes celles que tente le dehors,
pour la tribu des voyageurs-voyants,
pour le grand fleuve et la côte fracturée,
pour le monde multiple retrouvé.

(Kenneth White – La route bleue – 1983)

For the Great Work Field
(Kenneth White – The Blue Road – 1990)
Hi everybody,
Are you ready to share our new adventure? If so, I [...]

Day after day, in our quest of Scotland, we go deeper and deeper into that fascinating country and like hungry pilgrims on a never ending path we discover new horizons at each turn. So, let us walk on, listening on the road to what people say and write there…
If you could see my library, you [...]