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jags

By: KDD January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

beasties, Bobby, Bruce, Familybruce, Coronavirus, Covid, etymology, innoculation, jag, jaggy, language, Scots, vacccine, vaccination, words58 Comments

Hiya, it is I, Bruce. Today I am here to tell you about the history and meaning of a very common Scots word which, it seems, very few of you outside Scotland are aware of. That word is jag. In Scotland, the word jag is often used in reference to pretty much any sharp or…

walking words

By: KDD March 25, 2020

disability, landscape, poetry, writingamanda thomson, disability, landscape, language, nature writing, poem, poetry, Scots, scots dictionary of nature, walking, writing37 Comments

Good morning, everyone. Today I thought I’d share with you one of the poems I recently read at Write by the Sea. I’m someone who loves walking, and since my stroke in 2010, I’m also someone who has a disabled body. If you’ve read Handywoman, you might remember that a really formative moment in my…

invisible metaphors

By: KDD March 28, 2010June 27, 2010

recovery, strokebrain injury, elaine scarry, language, metaphor, neurology, neuropsychology, pain, recovery, rehabilitation, stroke80 Comments

I have been thinking a lot this week about what is invisible. If you looked at me now, what you would see was myself, looking (I hope) pretty much as I did before all this happened, save for a stick; a wonky leg and some sadly uncoordinating footwear. What you perhaps wouldn’t be aware of…

whisky and women

Bunnahabhain. Monday morning. I’m a woman that likes whisky. Now, I know I don’t need to explain this to you. I know that you may like whisky too. And I’m sure that if you do like it, if you have any sort of taste or enthusiasm for any type of usquebah, that you will probably…