Alan (The Lone Librarian) Teder’s Reviews > John of John > Status Update

Soundtrack The band began with a folk rendition of the U2 back catalogue. The singer, a pretty girl with red curls, brought tears to every eye with her version of ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’. As the crowd slid deeper into drink, the band matched their mood and by the time they played Chumbawamba, the entire place rushed the back of the bus and started bouncing.

“What is it you do on Harris?”
“I keep sheep, do some rewiring and building work. But mostly I work the clò.”
“Tweed? That’s been up and down these last few years."

[clò = Scottish Gaelic for cloth, specifically tweed]

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Inspiral Carpets This is How it Feels.

😲 the twist!

The land that he was standing on had been the Macleod tenancy. John had lost his own family plot to his wife and his older brother, and now she was circling back around to pick over the last of the bones. Cal screwed his eyes shut as the children went back to playing, as his mother picked the weeds from the flowers, and his grandmother came through the gate whistling Patsy Cline.