I went in search of Brigadoon last week. If you've no idea what I'm talking about this link might enlighten you. Where exactly I wandered I'm not revealing lest it spoil your own search......
My mother was one of 15 children, born into a Lanarkshire mining family near Glasgow. Her dad was a miner, and several of her brothers and nephews went into the pit to toil beside......
*Contains images/video and descriptions of deer culling* *Click images to view larger* *Names have been changed for reasons of confidentiality at the subjects request* Running......
Mixed broadleaf woodland at Jock’s Gill, near Carluke, Clyde Valley, Scotland "...some of the best advice I ever had." said Ben (duckrabbit)......
It started in the wee hours, a distant keening that came and went as the wind gusting in off the Atlantic hustled around our van. It was in the notquitedark, an hour or so......
What's the value of a story? To the reader it might simply be 'entertaining'. To the teller however it might be priceless - particularly if its a carefully nurtured cultural tale, woven around local......
Aye, misery. Scotland's been in the news a fair bit prior to, during and subsequent to the recent General Election. For many people Scotland conjures up images of mountains, rain, and more rain. I read......
I like whales and dolphins, and big fish. I've been very lucky to grow up in a coastal area, and undertake a lot of work on the coast, and on islands, and consequently have had......
I walked along the beach, it was the 7th December. Cold. Sleet showers stung my face. I saw a branch, cast ashore on the tide. It was shapely and elegant, and rocking to and......
Mesa Arch sunrise © John MacPherson This is the (long) story of the day Germany 'invaded'......
I took a trip over to the west of Scotland to see family this week. With some time to spare I thought I'd revisit a place I'd not been for a few years -......
This is the last post on ‘landscape’ and ‘meaning’ for a bit, too much of a good thing and all that. I wrote this last year, and this is possibly an opportune moment to post......
I read a post this week (3rd Jan) by Tolu Ogunlesi: 'Oxfam's Book of Lamentations' in which the author makes some observations on, and critical comments about, Oxfam's latest fundraising campaign advert which concentrates......
Sea bird wreck, Scotland © John MacPherson A seabird 'wreck' is the term given to the mass deaths of the birds. This one happened......
In a Scottish supermarket on a wintery day......... "They smell like wet dogs, they do" said......
I can do anything © John MacPherson Before this one night of frost, the discarded piece of plywood had......
I posted an Angry Poem some time back. An occasional thing I do when I get........well......angry. No smiles in this post, and no profound thoughts. Just a bit of anger. I wrote this one......
I like whales and dolphins, and big fish. I've been very lucky to grow up in a coastal area, and undertake a lot of work on the coast, and on islands, and consequently have......
What do you get if you give several aspiring young photographers some support, guidance and an opportunity to undertake real assignment work? You get commitment, insight and great results. I'm really pleased that a major......
I was using this with a recent photography class as an example of innovative approaches to visual storytelling. And it struck me that some of duckrabbit's visitors may not have seen it. So if......