Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

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Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
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Allyson Shaw
Dec 27, 2023
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The Ba’, 1910 (Tom Kent Collection, Orkney Library & Archive)

In this missive:

  • Musings on a women’s ball game in the streets of Kirkwall in 1945

  • A POETRY DARE

  • Write with me in the New Year!

  • Three Unmissable End-of-Year lists

I’m writing this on Christmas morning.* It snowed in Orkney a few days ago, settling on high ground for a moment. The absolute silence…

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