Colonies COVID Chronicles, March-July 2020
A Grapevine request in March 2020 from Colonies resident writers, Diana Hendry and Hamish White, for our poems, thoughts, reflections, diary entries… on this unprecedented […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 9: rainbow cars
A View from My Window ~ Pat Bryden As the weeks have passed we have noticed the birds, heard the silence, seen the fox, the heron, […]
Read moreColonies covid chronicle 8: Metaphors and imagery
Distancing ~ Pat Bryden We wave across a street. We call on phone or when we meet. We listen as […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 7 – ways to escape
Colonies Cats ~ Diana For the Colonies Cats there’s an everyday drama. In our street the white cat with a black tail is obviously king of […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 6 – Frustration
COVID 19 ~ Yasmin age 13 Covid 19, Oh how mean, We’re stuck inside watching TV. What to do when you’re feeling low? Events all cancelled […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 5 – No return to normal
Touch ~ Diana Hendry How shall we thrive without the handshake of a first meeting, the impulsive hug that begins a new friendship, the involuntary wide-open-arms […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 4 – New ways of life
Easter Day Morning ~ Pat Bryden The walk round Inverleith Park this morning was quieter than usual. There was space to look rather than to […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 3: Candles in a dark room
Colonies poets, Diana and Hamish have kindly compiled these touching contributions for the 3rd week of Covid Chronicles, continuing to build the picture of how […]
Read moreColonies Covid Chronicle 2 – Quiet streets
Routine ~ Ross Robertson, father It’s 5.47am, the call begins to register, subconsciously at first but gently it teases my waking mind, “Daddy, want to […]
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Support Stockbridge: #ShopLocalOnline Just because we shop online doesn’t mean that we can’t shop local! We are so lucky to have such wonderful independent shops […]
Read moreColonies Yard Sale, 17th May
22nd March 2020 For the first time in 20 years, the Yard Sale has to be canceled due to the corona virus pandemic but, of […]
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