Sunrise at the Rocks of Garheugh, north of Port William in the Machars of Galloway.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
Sunrise at the Rocks of Garheugh, north of Port William in the Machars of Galloway.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway #SouthernScotland
I don’t write about being chronically ill very often, mostly because I’m still thinking it through in real time.
This short piece is about effort, belief, and what it’s like to live in a culture that insists improvement is always possible…even when your body says otherwise.
https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/effort-without-improvement
#Health #Scotland #UK #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books #Reading #Women
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My daughter took this photograph of me today, quickly, in my bedroom. We swept the mess off the table, moved the dirty clothes off the chair and tried to make things look presentable, including me.
I complained the entire time about how I looked. The light wasn’t good, my hair was greasy, I’m 42 on Sunday, I want to lose weight, I’m in perimenopause. But this is something I do. Saying it out loud has become a habit.
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My daughter took this photograph of me today, quickly, in my bedroom. We swept the mess off the table, moved the dirty clothes off the chair and tried to make things look presentable, including me.
I complained the entire time about how I looked. The light wasn’t good, my hair was greasy, I’m 42 on Sunday, I want to lose weight, I’m in perimenopause. But this is something I do. Saying it out loud has become a habit.
The Wuthering Heights people remember is not the book Emily Brontë wrote.
I read it just in time for the release of Emerald Fennell’s adaptation. She has said Wuthering Heights left its greatest impression on her at 14. Here’s my interpretation at 41, feeling world weary & no longer susceptible to the charms of beautiful men who behave badly.
It turns out it isn’t really about love at all, but about inheritance, race & power.
Just a reminder that if you like my writing on Substack, it’s very likely that you will also like my book ‘Drystone - A Life Rebuilt’
If you buy it on bookshop.org you support me and indy bookshops.
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15919/9781846976469
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The Wuthering Heights people remember is not the book Emily Brontë wrote.
I read it just in time for the release of Emerald Fennell’s adaptation. She has said Wuthering Heights left its greatest impression on her at 14. Here’s my interpretation at 41, feeling world weary & no longer susceptible to the charms of beautiful men who behave badly.
It turns out it isn’t really about love at all, but about inheritance, race & power.
Mist on the fields, Whithorn.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
Mist on the fields, Whithorn.
#blackandwhitephotography #Scotland #Galloway
Came past Rowchoish Bothy on the #WHW, but didn't stay for the night.
https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#?map=17.0/56.2023/-4.6829
Came past Rowchoish Bothy on the #WHW, but didn't stay for the night.
https://hiking.waymarkedtrails.org/#?map=17.0/56.2023/-4.6829
My youngest daughter made this chibi portrait of me. I love it so much! There’s something so special about being thought of like this, about someone spending time making an image of you.
