Gothic doubles < Cath’s salt dough portraits Naomi victoria

holding space for defying gravity at our thanksgiving table this year

the woodland post office is hopping this time of year

We’re artistes 🎄

I have profited greatly from Naomi crafting ventures !!

🌿CFP for a special journal issue of Scottish Literary Review Association for Scottish Literature, entitled 'Cultures of Care in Scottish Women's Writing', edited by Sarah Dunnigan 🌿 and me. Please send abstracts for consideration by 30 January 2025. Full details below.🌿

A drama in four acts

No weather warning is severe enough to get in the way of Scottish Lit Christmas 🕯️📚 Naomi

Should be focusing on essays but am instead thinking about this sixteenth-century Dr Seuss character I saw the other day

Celebrating the angel that is Gem🌈 🩵

Ringing in 22 with Scottish lit and my favourite kind of hermeneutics ✨💐

Was great to go to the launch of the SELCIE Nurture through Nature exhibition today! Teeny Gem would be pretty chuffed to see her fairy-hunting endeavours displayed in a museum 📚🧚‍♀️

✨️🌿💚🪻🐦1/2. We are thrilled to announce the release of our beautifully crafted digital pamphlet accompanying the exhibition now open at Museum of Edinburgh! Edinburgh Museums blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2025/04…

“What a glorious day to be learning an Edwardian fibre art” - Asha, in an accent much posher than mine

Celebrating Kermit the Frog’s 70th birthday in style

Co-captains of the nerd squad since 2024

Unsure if I enjoy living in the Scottish countryside despite or because of the fact that my route home is routinely blocked by a herd of cows

The week I was accepted to Edinburgh vs graduation day ! Very grateful to have spent four years learning about medieval leprosy, the many mad women of Scottish literature, and the value of a drastic haircut 📖💫🌈

1/3. Seeking green sanctuary from #Edinburghfest crowds? This The Guardian article recommends the lovely c17th Dunbar's Close off the Royal Mile. But for more secret gardens...🌿 theguardian.com/travel/2025/ju…