Marie Marshall

Welcome to my new web site and literary blog. I am in the process of winding down my old site and archiving the material there. Once that is done I may reproduce some of the best of it here, but principally this site will carry my literary news, thoughts, and the occasional piece of creativity for you…

It’s a calm, grey day here in Scotland. The leaves are hanging loosely by the trees’ flanks, the birds all seem to be in hiding, and the traffic is low-level white noise. The clock’s hands are relentless and the working day calls…

Was it always this way, or was there once an excuse for indolence? Who froze forever the auld pletties o’ Dundee?