Status Updates From Cairn

Fragments of the Firth of Fourth and Fife and Climate and the wind and the storms of her youth but also the steady sight of the lighthouse and the comfort of predictable gannets and the wonder of humpback whales and grief - for nature starving on plastic bags but also loss of family and time. I love Kathleen Jamie.

Wow! To go from Jamie's Sightlines (written twelve years before this one!) to Cairn is to watch her mature as a writer and a woman. Instantly a little more nuanced, more insecure and yet so assertive and self-confident which makes for beautifully intentional poetry and prose.