Category Archives: Edinburgh

Scents of Petals The Flaneuse # 5

Posted on May 27, 2021 by julieannthomason

Scents of petals are my madeleine moments, scattered in the memory, connected by a compass of sounds, symbols, flowers, trees and places. My earliest travels were my childhood visits to the glasshouses in Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. I loved … Continue reading →

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Blueprint for Happiness

Posted on April 26, 2021 by julieannthomason

Blueprint for Happiness Summer Sundays were picnic time. Where does the weather advise today? North, south, east, or west? Today let’s make it Peace Bay. Twisting along the final stretch, over the ford. prancing not paddling in the nippy sea. … Continue reading →

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Cranachan / Delicia Escocesa

Posted on August 8, 2019 by julieannthomason

A clutch of rubies, bursting with flavour. A drizzle of bee syrup, with a hint of heather, A grasp of pinheads, oaty and toasted. A dollop of cow juice, creamy and clotted. Completing the list, a droplets of golden dew. … Continue reading →

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Witness By The Window – El Testigo Donde La Ventana

Posted on June 16, 2019 by julieannthomason

Scene set, yet ever changing, Shadows and sunlight slipping through trees bare, trees in leaf. Gentle hills crisp on horizon, shrouded in mist. A crafted conduit, still with shades of silence, A crinkled kaleidoscope kissed by wind. A liquid ribbon, … Continue reading →

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City of Stone – Ciudad de Piedra

Posted on May 5, 2019 by julieannthomason

Bitter winds batter brittle barren basalt, clearing clinging clouds, blanket mists, exposing lingering liquid layers of dusk and dawn. Hungry haars embracing, shrouding, A city set in stone, styled in stone.   Outlying peppered between the braes, a cacophony of … Continue reading →

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The Bridge – before the flood after the flood.

Posted on January 6, 2016 by julieannthomason

In August last year I was flooded out of what had been my home for five years, by a burst pipe from a flat above.  I am now settling into a new flat but it has not been easy.  The … Continue reading →

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A Leither on Leith

Posted on April 30, 2015 by julieannthomason

I was born in Leith, on the Eastern boundary at the Eastern General Hospital, now a care home for the elderly. I was educated in Leith; primary in South Leith and secondary in North Leith. I have always worn my … Continue reading →

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