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📚S T O R Y • T I M E 📚 aka Stoery Time ✒ When I was a student some years ago, I had a pen pal who I wrote to. We would swap C90 compilation tapes which we made up for each other and then reviewed through our long-distance correspondence. ✒ During my recent trip up north to Assynt, I was thinking a lot about those days of hand-written, letter writing and how much more of a conscious and heartfelt activity this was. How much care and thought went into those letters and mixtapes. Everything was carefully considered from the song selection to the wit, wording and occasional doodles on the page. Nothing was half-hearted about those exchanges. ✒ It's inspired me to really consider the way in which I communicate here on Instagram and the way in which I want to engage you, my dear reader. I'd like to use Instagram as a platform to delight as well as to entertain and inform you about the alternative places to check out in Scotland. In the spirit of this, I've decided to start posting some of my short stories over on my blog and have included 'The Resonant Chord', a story that was published by the Scottish Book Trust. I'd really appreciate any feedback on it, so feel free to type away. ✒ I leave you today with sunny Stoer, looking all picturesque and antiquated with its phone box. A reminder that in our fast-paced, text-tastic world, meaningful, thoughtful and whole-hearted communication is what truly connects us. Yours, aye Gill x #bookstagram #booklover #createmore #creativity #creativewriting #creativespirit #pursuepretty #thenewbohemians #scottishwriters #writingcommunityofinstagram #visitsutherland #visitscotland #visualcrush #simplethingsmadebeautiful #seeksimplicity #folkandstory #folkscenery #scenicscotland #seeksimplicity #chooselovely #redpostbox #stoer #wondermore #letterwriting #prettylittletrips #moodmagic #folkscenery #middleofnowhere #slowliving

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." - WB Yeats. 💫 Amen to this. Hope you've all had a magical weekend, friends. 💫 Yours, aye Gill x 💫 #creativity #createmore #bigmagic #dreaminginpictures #enchantment #exploremore #athomeintheworld #assynt #scotland #beautifuldestinations #beautifulmatters #chooselovely #folkscenery #folkandstory #hellofrom #loveletterto #momentslikethese #moodmagic #postcardplaces #quotes #ruralliving #thenewbohemians #theeverygirl #theoutbound #visitsutherland #travelgram #winterretreat #yourscotland #magic

A S S Y N T - S U T H E R L A N D Oh rugged Assynt, how I Iove thee and thy swirly mists, majestic pinnacles and miles of magical, sandy beaches cradling the Atlantic to our shores. ⛰ The view above is between Stoer Lighthouse (built by the Stevenson family) and the Point of Stoer which is a spectacular, bracing walk. There is a more challenging coastal route which takes in dramatic cliff formations and minke whale and dolphin spotting. But the whole area is breathtakingly wild and panoramic! How is the view where you are looking this evening? #searchwander #sheisnotlost #beautifuldestinations #wildscotland #scottishhighlands #sutherland #visitscotland #loveletterto #iamatraveller #folkscenery #theoutbound #theeverygirl #suitcasetravels #scotlandisnow #scenicscotland #wildernessstones #exploremore #yourscotland #welltravelled #countrysidelife #ruralliving #findyourepic #dreaminginpictures #postcardplaces #letsgosomewhere

Clear me a space to gaze at the stars ... 🌟🌟🌟🌟 A trip to the far north of Scotland delivers you from the hurl and burl of daily, city living and most importantly, from light pollution. Instead, your eyes become accustomed to viewing the constellations as they should be ...🌠🌠🌠🌠 *Puts on Darwin Deez* 💿 Yours, aye Gill x #pursuepretty #visitscotland #visitsutherland #enchantment #thenewbohemians #stargazing #constellations #folkscenery #middleofnowhere #travelgram #iamatraveller #folkscenery #theoutbound #theeverygirl #scenicscotland #countrysidelife #ruralliving #findyourepic #momentslikethese #scottishhighlands #lovetheworld #postcardsfromtheworld #lovescotland #beautifulmatters #postcardplaces #beautifuldestinations #bbcscotland #searchwandercollect #athomeintheworld #seeksimplicity #chooselovely

💫Happy New Year 💫 2020 ... from the golden beaches of Assynt, Sutherland aka my happy place. ❤ I started the New Year by retreating to one of the farthest flung parts of Scotland - minus digital distractions - to read, rest, meditate, take photographs, walk and to fall in love all over again with this beautiful, peaceful corner of my country. 🏞 I find that a trip up into the highlands every few months is the perfect antidote to the amygdala hijack that can be everyday life lived in a city. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE city life with its easy access to events and culture, but the remote parts are where I feel most alive, inspired and at peace. Standing on this solitary beach on Hogmanay, I felt so grateful for the jaw-dropping beauty around me and for having this abundance of mental space to just be. What the brain thinks; the body follows as they say and I began to feel something shift within me, like I was returning to myself again. Nature IS nurture for the soul. 🙏 Wishing each and every one of you a nurturing space to retreat into and a year filled with adventures, exciting happenin's and opporchancities galore! Yours, aye Gill x #iamatraveller #folkscenery #theoutbound #theeverygirl #suitcasetravels #scenicscotland #visitscotland #wildernessstones #exploremore #travelgram #yourscotland #athomeintheworld #welltravelled #countrysidelife #ruralliving #findyourepic #momentslikethese #scottishhighlands #sutherland #assynt #moodmagic #folkscenery #middleofnowhere #searchwander #beautifuldestinations #winterretreat #slowtravelstories #hellofrom #happynewyear2020

Still winded from the news that Scotland's greatest, modern day writer, Alasdair Gray has died. 🌠 To those of you unfamiliar with his work, please start with 'Lanark' and then proceed straight onto '1982, Janine' (it's like the Scottish 'Ulysses'). Both are works of creative, inventive, boundary-pushing genius. 🌠 His short stories are also so witty and quirky and moving and brilliant. So, this evening, in honour of the great man himself I re-read one of my favourites, 'The Star' which I cried at the first time I read it. 🌠 Rest in peace you wonderful human you. You leave behind a trail of glorious stars, and you are one of them. ❤💫 #booksbooksbooks #postitfortheaesthetic #inspiremyinstagram #bookseverywhere #booklover #ilovebooks #theeverygirl #booklove #pursuepretty #dosomethingprettywhileyoucan #alasdairgray #scottishfiction #scottishauthor #verilymoment #thenewbohemians #postcardsfromtheworld #loveletterto

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