Shopping
Christmas gifts you can buy locally
You can help local businesses and the community when you buy Christmas gifts from local outlets and producers. Here are some ideas
Poems
House Fire
IT is now nearly 2026. Next year (2027) it will be fifty years since my rebuilt croft house on the west coast was burned to the ground
Wildlife & Nature
Plant galls
You might have noticed strange, bulbous growths on oak leaves or rose stems. These curious structures, called galls, are nature’s hidden laboratories — formed when
From the Editor
Community building
Here’s to everyone finding time for togetherness
and connection over this festive break Our cover features Duncan MacLeod, to celebrate his recent success at the
Heritage
Capturing memories at Croick Church
Visitors from near and far have signed the visitor books at Croick Church, leaving behind tens of thousands of handwritten entries
