TW: Rape, sexual assault On a Sunday evening in mid April, 1728, Margaret Watt, a young Aberdeenshire woman, was walking to the town of Kintore when she was assaulted and raped by John Brown. We know this because she reported it the following week to the local Kirk Session in Kintore.* The minister asked herContinue reading “And so it Continues”
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Kitchener’s Memorial or HMS Hampsire Memorial?
In a recent post I wrote about visiting Kitchener’s Memorial for the first time. As a child I lived a few short miles from it and growing up it was a familiar landmark in a prominent position on a headland on the northwest coast of Orkney. It marks the closest landfall from the sinking ofContinue reading “Kitchener’s Memorial or HMS Hampsire Memorial?”
Hidden in Plain Sight
Sometimes we are so busy in our daily routines that we fail to notice what is right in front of us. First, let me introduce Rousay, my collie, (rhymes with Wowsee). We often walk around a local park where she is more interested in making friends with other dogs or chasing a ball and IContinue reading “Hidden in Plain Sight”
Significantly Different 