Tag Archives: Orkney

Nonscents

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Kate Cowie Riley

I wasn’t planning on making any of the travel plans for the trip to Scotland (Alba, pronounced “Al-up-a” in Scottish Gaelic, Gàidhlig) until later on this spring. It was a combination of intuition, boredom in the moment, and excitement for … Continue reading →

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Carving the Runes

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Kate Cowie Riley

Here I am, sitting in my room, writing away with classical music in the background, and the announcer says that a guitar quartet will be playing (Sir) Peter Maxwell Davies’s “A Farewell to Stromness” — so I stop writing and … Continue reading →

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Northern Links

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Kate Cowie Riley

The last time I was on Orkney, I was making a video for my father and at one point the camera was nearly blown out of my hand by the ferocious winds. A photo of me standing at the Ring … Continue reading →

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