Whale & Dolphin Conservation News…..Publication To Download For FREE…..Another Good Read….Clestrain….. A Couple Of Observations On Environmental Protection….
by Bernie Bell - 11:00 on 22 January 2023
From ‘Whale & Dolphin Conservation News’…..
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Publication To Download For FREE…..
The latest issue of Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland magazine is now available to download, along with back issues of the annual publication….
That should keep me quiet for a while.
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And this is a good read, too…. https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/treasures-archaeological-excavation/
Julia’s observations about ‘treasures’ brought to mind a few pieces I’ve written along those lines….
https://theorkneynews.scot/2021/02/11/an-archaeologists-work-is-never-done/
https://theorkneynews.scot/2017/12/29/mathematical-musings-of-the-neolithic-kind/
Thoughts about the drain, discovered at the Ness
It's not just Sky-stones,
Carved Balls,
Painted Walls.
It's the basics of life.
Making, Breaking.
The fragments which can say so much,
To those who pay attention.
Butchery - How?
Placement - Why?
Careful noting of the smallest detail,
Builds the picture.
The beauty, matters.
Beauty, simply, does.
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or
believe to be beautiful."
The principle, works down the ages.
Beauty, mystery, and.....practicality.
LIFE.
BB August 2015
And, a bit nearer in time…..the excavations at the Hall of Clestrain…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/07/14/one-persons-rubbish-2/
There are plans for JRS President Andrew Appleby to host a Zoom meeting about the continuing excavations on the 26th of April - booking isn’t open yet. To find out more, keep an eye on the Orkney Archaeology Society’s Events page…. https://orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/events/ ...
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A Couple Of Observations On Environmental Protection….
Net-Zero
Carry on Fracking
As long as you plant some trees
Though the trees might fall over
Due to the earth tremors
Caused by Fracking.
BB Jan ‘23
Power games come in many forms.
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Oh Aye….
Industrial complex
Discharges effluent
Into a river.
Pays a fine.
That’s OK then.
BB Jan ‘23
‘The Economy’ triumphs once again.
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Here’s one I made earlier….. https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/09/09/poetry-corner-six-linnets/
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