Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the belt of Orion? – Job 38, 3 Strange rose-red...
Author - Christine Muir
Scented summer days
This week the hay is already being baled. There has been no rain for almost five weeks, and the...
Beltane Fog
Beltane brought a cold fog, and a wind from the east, bending the new grass before it had a chance...
Kill or cure
A late spring can bring feelings of malaise and tiredness. One of the tonics common to Orkney last...
Seal song
Every morning when I get up early and look out at the sea from the upstairs window, I see more than...
Ball lightning
The Hessdalen phenomenon of hovering and flashing balls of light is fascinating, especially as...
A Man of Many Gifts
The writings of T. Ratcliffe Barnett appear from time to time on our pages, through his atmospheric...
The luxury of simplicity
There were no additives in the food eaten in the island at the turn of the century. Many families...
A time to spin
We have had someone staying with us for a fortnight, who wanted to learn to spin, so the spinning...
Merry dancers in the North Ronaldsay sky
The merry dancers were swaying across the sky last night, to their own esoteric music, pale diffuse...