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Michael Russell
@feorlean.bsky.social
Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission, Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2000 - 2003. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
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Jim at his very best - and strikes a chord this year.

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So I stopped my walk, climbed the gate to help an old farmer cursing his deaf god bringing in the last of a poor harvest… —Jim Carruth, “Only Human” Published in A Little Touch of Cliff in the Evening: New Writing Scotland 30

Jim Carruth ONLY HUMAN So I stopped my walk, climbed the gate to help an old farmer cursing his deaf god bringing in the last of a poor harvest. He must have been struggling all day on his own to fill that small trailer. I cannot make more of this than it was. I was no passing Samaritan, saving him minutes at most, nor a reluctant volunteer some Simon of Cyrene shouldering the burden of a stranger's sodden bale. As for him, this ageing hunch-backed man he could not raise his head to say thanks nor straighten his spine to walk like a saint not even resurrect the past fortnight of rain into one unblemished day of a risen sun.
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Michael Russell
@feorlean.bsky.social
Argyll, Scotland. Writes, takes pictures . Used to do more. Chair, Scottish Land Commission, Hon Professor , Glasgow University. President SNP 2000 - 2003. Former MSP for Argyll & Bute and Minister/ Cabinet Secretary in Scottish Government
336 followers106 following36 posts
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