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Zen, disappointment and insomnia

by Ailsa Ross on January 21, 2016January 6, 2017

On Scots porridge

by Ailsa Ross on January 5, 2016January 21, 2016

The early female adventurers I love

by Ailsa Ross on October 27, 2015April 6, 2016

Scottish nature writer Nan Shepherd

by Ailsa Ross on October 27, 2015October 27, 2015

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Nan Shepherd worked as an English teacher in Aberdeen, and as soon as class finished on Friday afternoons she would head straight for the Cairngorms in the Scottish Highlands. There she could be seen striding over the moors in tawny cardigans, scarves and skirts. Never trousers. ⠀ .⠀ Shepherd saw the mountains differently from most mountaineers. There were no summits as goals to be achieved. Her only hope was to be in the company of the mountain. This progressive woman is now featured on the @royalbank £5 note. ⠀
Know the name of this adventurer? P.S. The artwork is by @amyjpeg for The Woman Who Rode a Shark 📚. Isn't it stunning?
“Wild is a word like ‘soul’. Such a thing may not exist, but we want it, and we know what we mean when we talk about it.” — Scottish poet and essayist Kathleen Jamie. ⠀ P.S. Her books, especially Sightlines and Findings, are so beautiful, and so full of joy.⠀ .⠀ #quoteoftheday #quotes #quotesdaily #quotation #WomenAdventurers #Wildness #adventure #childrensbooks #bookoftheday #kathleenjamiepoetry
Here’s a depiction of Princess Khutulun wrestling a soldier like it’s no big deal (which for her, it wasn’t). A great-great-granddaughter of Kublai Khan, she was a legendary soldier described by Marco Polo as stronger than any of the men in Khan’s army. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #mongolia #womenadventurers #womeninhistory #womanwarrior #princesskhutulun #WomensHistoryMonth #childrensbooks #herstory #KnowHerName
THE WOMAN WHO RODE A SHARK is out now! Can we suggest buying one copy for keeping pristine (@amyjpeg’s illustrations are really too beautiful not to cherish) and another for camping adventures—to be read aloud by bonfires, in the dirt and under the fat light of the moon? 🌙
Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist who became known around the world for important finds she made in Dorset’s Jurassic marine fossil beds.⠀ .⠀ Born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, Mary came from a poor family. She was not a trained scientist, yet her findings contributed to huge changes in scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the planet. ⠀ .⠀ A magic @smithsonianmagazine article about Mary can be read here: https://buff.ly/2pV4MlQ⠀ .⠀ #maryanning #womenadventurers #paleontology #paleontologist #dinosaur #womeninhistory #Dorset #WomeninStem #KnowHerName #HERstory #ChildrensBooks #bookoftheday

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