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Abbeys, William Wallace and Walter Scott

John Elkington · 28 August 2010 · Leave a Comment

1 Jedburgh Abbey 1 2 Jedburgh Abbey 2 3 Jedburgh Abbey 3 4 Jedburgh Abbey 4 5 Jedburgh Abbey 5 (walrus ivory comb aligning with Abbey tower) 6 William Wallace Memorial 7 {art of the William Wallace memorial obscures part of Trimontium 8 Trimontium from Scott’s View Dryburgh Abbey (detail) Dryburgh Abbey (detail)

Early part of day spent visiting Jedburgh and Dryburgh Abbeys. At the latter, a wedding was taking place, so we hovered on the edges. Then we drove up to the William Wallace Memorial and to Scott’s View. Truly strange to find Earl Haig‘s grave in Dryburgh Abbey. Sent a deep chill through me in the midst of all the nuptial keening of the pipes. The same, though to a much lesser degree, with the William Wallace memorial: poor, brave man.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

In addition, my blogs have appeared on many sites such as: Chinadialogue, CSRWire, Fast Company, GreenBiz, Guardian Sustainable Business, and the Harvard Business Review.

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