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The Fool on the Hill

by Simon Brooke in Auchencairn, Friday, 18 February, 2011

I've sold my house and am buying, in effect, a field. This is foolish. So this essay introduces a series of other essays which I'll post from time to time as the project develops, using as title my new persona: The Fool on the Hill. [read more]

Biting the Apple? -- Friday, 30 December, 2011
It seems bizarre to be contemplating buying an iMac and then stripping MacOS off it, but that is exactly what I'm considering!
Build Day Two -- Tuesday, 11 October, 2011
On the morning after Build Day, I was deflated and anxious. The building needed to be completed, and I couldn't do that on my own. But then, something wonderful happened...
Build Day -- Sunday, 9 October, 2011
How the Winter Palace was built.
The best laid plans o meece an men gang aft agley -- Thursday, 25 August, 2011
The consequences of carelessness
Building the bothy: plan -- Thursday, 11 August, 2011
Provided it doesn't rain, I'm planning to build the Winter Palace on 17th September
A farm plan for the West Croft -- Wednesday, 10 August, 2011
Now I have a croft I've got to think seriously about how I'm going to manage it in the long term; this essay sets out my thoughts.
Meditation on heiding thistles -- Wednesday, 27 July, 2011
The symbols we choose tell us something about how we see ourselves, and, perhaps, a little of how we really are. The thistle endures harshness and poverty and creates beauty; it spreads widely. But it's prickly, over-aggressive, defensive, leary of the world, and offers little freely to anyone else ...
On the state of Social Media -- Friday, 22 July, 2011
Recently my friend Chris Morgan asked me whether I was going to continue multi-posting my thoughts to both Facebook and Google+; this is my considered answer.

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