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  • The Shieling Project
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  • The Shieling by David Constantine
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    Waters, springs, moorland pools, blessing and cursing wells, all become sites of both mystery and ordinariness. The ecstatic isn't always beautiful — "Regrets" and "The Blind Home" are outright horror stories, although you don't realise that until it's too late — but it is always dangerous. In "Beginning" a boy meets a girl on the number 42 bus in central Manchester. He never knows her name, but she gives him a book — Wilfred Owen's poems — and the moment he opens it his life seems to change. He sees his first dead body, a man pulled out of the Irwell in a stream of dirty water, to hang and twirl, "his clothes undoing around his midriff"; but he never sees the girl again.

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    Constantine's prose is generally quiet, a little inturned, as matter-of-fact as the events depicted, but when necessary, for a fraction of a second, or a fraction of a sentence, it will take on completely different qualities. Your way of seeing the boy and his life has been changed. This is not to say that Constantine is a writer of motive or psychology in the accepted sense.

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    Dialogue is presented without quote marks; indirect speech is sometimes attributed rather too indirectly. As a result, it can be hard to know who's speaking, or even which character is which. There are descriptions of places which don't quite produce a picture, and actions which, described only by their emotional component, never quite come into focus as actions.

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    The effect is sometimes powerful, in that it gives the feeling of people struggling to manage a vagueness in their lives, especially in their expectations; struggling, too, with the attempt to communicate it. At other times — as in "Words to Say It", a curiously male psychodrama of sexual dissociation and the inability to speak — it makes the narrative unnecessarily hard to navigate.

    You aren't sure whether you're following a subtle emotional contour or simply misreading the map. It's possible to resist Constantine for a page, half a page, of each story. Perhaps it's the obliquity of the narrative; more likely it's something in the characters you don't want to know, something about their lives or their thoughts that reminds you too intimately of your own.

    Then suddenly you can't stop reading.

    You've embraced the story in the exact moment it captivated you. Perhaps the most beautiful and striking piece here is "The Cave". The Shieling Project Dec 17, 8: Thanks everyone for coming to our summerlings Winter Walk - what a great community we have around us! The Summerlings did so well transforming our place into a walking story of the magical cow bell and the fairies. And great to see so And great to see so many interested in enrolling in the nursery https: And great to see so many interested in enrolling in the nursery pic.

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    Do you want to milk a cow, build a bothy, or plant a forest? Be an archaeologist, a poet, a weaver? Come outdoors and get stuck in to shieling life with us.

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    The project is all about outdoor living — from looking after our livestock to making real buildings, from weaving baskets to making burgers from the meat we have raised here. The tradition of the shieling where folk lived outdoors all summer herding the cattle, gives us a window onto the past, but also helps us look forward to a sustainable future. We are looking for a couple who will be on site staff from April to September in This post is for practical outdoor people who like crofting, cooking, and children though not cooking children!

    We have our lovely converted caravan for you to live in, and a wide range of tasks to get stuck into. From cooking with groups when they are visiting, running educational sessions in the evenings, to helping with the livestock, and the maintenance of all the buildings. The successful folk will not be shy of hard work, mud or learning how to fix things.

    You will live in a spectacular glen, but it will be remote and there is no hiding from the weather! You will have your own space to grow vegetables, and it will be a great way to learn more about crofting and education. When groups are staying you will get all your meals with them, but you will sort your own food otherwise. There is a small salary with this post, and if you really get into the project there are opportunities to work more within the organisation.

    Family Camp Bring your children out to the wonderful wilds of Strathfarrar and let us entertain them for the day while you relax.

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    It was a time for making butter and cheese, stocking up on materials from the hills: We always come here for Donald's bacon rolls. Save to Wish List. Award yourself a real break and let us provide a pair or more of helping hands. Either do a restful nothing, head out to the hills for a walk, or perhaps make a basket, or bake some bread in our outdoor oven. This property is perfectly formed and perfectly located for exploring this beautiful landscape whether you are a first timer or know it like a local.

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