Tag Archives: Ancestors

An odd awakening

Posted on August 9, 2020 by A Misanthropic Bear

The first hints of sunrise were just appearing this morning, accompanied by the squabbling of gulls who were busy dive-bombing an unfortunate owl who had missed whatever cue serves to send owls back to the roost before the gulls wake, … Continue reading →

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Longing for home

Posted on November 5, 2019 by A Misanthropic Bear

It’s odd how it catches you, sometimes, off guard. The picture on the right is an image I’ve often tried to capture, usually without success, so when it popped up on a social media group I’m a member off, it … Continue reading →

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All Hallows Eve

Posted on October 29, 2019 by A Misanthropic Bear

It’s almost upon us. That most Scottish of warding traditions, which, having crossed the Atlantic, has returned, a wee bit sullied, yet nonetheless popular. Marking the end of the summer and the beginning of winter, the veil between the world … Continue reading →

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It was the moon that did it…

Posted on October 18, 2019 by A Misanthropic Bear

…hanging there in her fullness; already rising so far north since her brief flirting with the equinoctial horizon. Then today, past full but still ripe, high overhead; a ghostly image against the brightest blue of mid morning’s cloudless sky. How … Continue reading →

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The only constant is change

Posted on October 11, 2019 by A Misanthropic Bear

This is a street scene my ancestors knew well. It’s one of the main roads out of the village nearest to the place I grew up. It hasn’t changed all that much since the picture was taken in 1906. If … Continue reading →

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An end to darkness

Posted on December 22, 2018 by A Misanthropic Bear

I should have known really… the folklore, like a haddock to the face once you spot it, TELLS you!! But I wasn’t listening, and had to go the long way around… like 10 years searching up hill and down bleedin’ … Continue reading →

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Call of the Summer lands

Posted on December 5, 2017 by A Misanthropic Bear

Caught in this stream whilst falling asleep under last night’s “mackerelled moon”. An oddly, out of season, theme which made little sense till the title came at the last. ~~~ I thought I heard you call last night. Maybe it … Continue reading →

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Griefwalker

Posted on May 29, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

A friend shared this on the facebook. If you have 70 minutes to spare, well worth a watch. Incredible man, following a beautiful vocation… Synopsis: Griefwalker is a National Film Board of Canada feature documentary film, directed by Tim Wilson … Continue reading →

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The Figure of the Witch-Queen in Northern Mythology

Posted on April 26, 2016 by A Misanthropic Bear

Originally posted on Feral Words:
   “At length, when night was setting in, they saw a deep and unknown glen of joyless aspect before them; they descended into it, to avoid the bleak winds of the summits, and had proposed…

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Forgetting is not an option…

Posted on November 9, 2014 by A Misanthropic Bear

This tune always had my grandfather weeping, sometimes uncontrollably. It took me a long time to understand why… He was never at “The Front”. He tried many times, by all accounts, but he fell into that category of the lucky … Continue reading →

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