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Recent entries, field notes, and poems collected from the road.

The View From Daviot and the Great Linen Marathon

The B&B Journal

May 15, 2026

The View From Daviot and the Great Linen Marathon

Well, I am back up north. And I mean the true north. People further south often mistake Yorkshire for the north, but geographically, that is barely the middle of the land. Even crossing the border into the Lowlands doesn’t quite count. No,...

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Scottish poet Sam Steele wearing a dark waistcoat with floral shoulder detailing, looking thoughtfully out a window toward a woodland garden.

The B&B Journal

Stoves, Trains and the Will-o’-the-Wisp: My Creative Spaces

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A fluffy white alpaca standing in a sunlit green field with a soft-focus Highland landscape in the background.

Notes from the Desk

The Mystery of the Highland Herd: The True Story of Luno the Loch Ness Alpaca

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A small red squirrel with tufted ears looking directly at the camera while perched on a tree stump in a shaded forest.

Notes from the Desk

A Challenge, a Café, and a Squirrel Named Rupert

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The ruins of Urquhart Castle on the shore of a calm Loch Ness under a bright blue sky with wispy clouds.

Notes from the Desk

From a Highland Grotto to a Global Adventure: The Making of ‘Santa’s Adventure at Loch Ness’

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A dramatic twilight sky with orange and purple clouds over a rolling green Highland landscape and distant cliffs at twighlight.

Notes from the Desk

The Muppets, Metre, and a Knight Named Name: The Story of ‘Mourning in Mooring’

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A vibrant Toucan with a large yellow and orange beak perched on a mossy branch in a lush, dark green Highland forest setting.

Notes from the Desk

The Art of the Mono-rhyme: Behind the Scenes of ‘The Toucan Poem’

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