Monique Sliedrecht
March White Out
Here I was thinking that I would return to a spring-filled Scotland and that the daffodils would be out, but as one friend gently...
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Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Morning Call
The other day I woke up to the sound of the Northern Cardinal singing from the top of the pine tree in my parents back garden. It sent a...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 16
- 2 min
All Weather Hope
This week is the 25th anniversary of the Angel of the North, one of the most impressive pieces of public art ever created in the United...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Going across to Orkney feels like being on holiday, even though it’s only an hour away, and the landscape is very similar to Caithness. I...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 8
- 2 min
New Life in New Mexico
In the late 1990s I found myself in an incredible new environment, one that was completely foreign, strange and marvellous. I became a...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Magnetic
The new morning brought a pause in the wind, a stillness over the land and sea. Moonlight streamed through the windows and when I looked...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 2
- 4 min
The Coming of the Light
Stormy Sky... by Joan Eardley, 1962 The wind has been blowing a gale. I heard it whip around the house in the wee hours of the morning...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Stopped Dead in My Tracks
Photo by M.Sliedrecht Brrr. It’s cold this morning. And snowy! It seems an unusual amount of snow for the north of Scotland, and for...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Dec 27, 2022
- 4 min
Triumph of the Skies
It’s the day after the day after Christmas. I hope you all had a lovely celebration. I met with friends for a festive service in the...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Snowscape
From my window, I can see the yellow glow of the gritter passing by on the top road, its blinking light set against the still dark cobalt...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Full Moon, Cold Moon
I awoke early this morning and got up in the darkness several hours before sunrise. There was a chill in the air when I made my way out...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Nov 20, 2022
- 4 min
Contrasts
I’m sitting in the Riverside Cafe next to the River Wear in Durham. After the heavy rains of the last days, the level of water is high...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Nov 10, 2022
- 3 min
Rays of Hope
The last week has seen clear mornings, full of crisp bright air which fills the lungs and creates an expectation for the day ahead. This...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
A Moment to Capture
Travelling through Scotland in the autumn fills me up in a way that makes me want to hold onto the experience, not to forget it - the...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Oct 9, 2022
- 4 min
Love Your Books(hop)
Yesterday was ‘Love Your Bookshop Day’. I came across this in a magazine someone gave me. I don’t often read magazines, but I indulged...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Sep 24, 2022
- 4 min
Disorientation
As we descended in to Edinburgh Airport, we flew through a patch of cloud which suddenly opened up allowing the sunshine to burst through...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Sep 14, 2022
- 5 min
Service 👑
A change of plan led me to be in Edinburgh in days following the Queen's death, and during her final sojourn through Scotland. It could...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
Nature Finds a Way
Sure enough, with September comes a turning of the tides, a change in the weather and the sea. As the sun cut through the misty...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Aug 25, 2022
- 4 min
Noticing
There is a late summer feeling in Caithness. A stillness hangs in the air as the bright sun casts its light over the landscape, bringing...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Jul 23, 2022
- 3 min
Down Time
The atmosphere is still this morning, the sky a cloudy grey sheet spread out over the wide-open landscape. I got up after a reasonably...
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