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A Border Boyhood

by LovelyMay — A Border Boyhood awakens with the soft pull of memory—an evocation of landscapes etched not just in geography, but in the heart. The rivers Yarrow, Ettrick, and Tweed are not merely waterways, but vessels of story, carrying the dreams and echoes of childhood past. Even when one walks beneath foreign skies or lies under unfamiliar earth, the memory of those Border lands persists, gentle and enduring. The hush of the streams, the scent of old heather, and the gleam of foxglove in the dusk are not…
1. Angling Sketches
  
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Lifestyle • Literary

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A Bookman’s Purgatory

by LovelyMay — A Bookman's Purgatory takes us into the life of Thomas Blinton, a man who has dedicated his existence to the pursuit of rare books. For Blinton, book-hunting is far more than a hobby; it is a pursuit of intellectual superiority, a form of elitism that he compares to other bourgeois activities like fishing or shooting, which he deems far less meaningful. Despite warnings about the potentially destructive fates of famous book-hunters, which he dismisses as mere superstition, Blinton continues to immerse…
1. Books and Bookmen
  
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