As Ruairidh MacIlleathain asserts, “Gaelic is the language of the land,” and as walkers, climbers and conservationists we profit by learning it – not only boosting our enjoyment of Scotland’s Highland landscapes but learning how to care for them so that they may be enjoyed for generations to come.

After practicing Buddhist-based mindfulness, yoga and other practices for many years, a wish to understand the human psyche, as well as my own creative process better, led me into a four-year integrative arts-based psychotherapy training. This provided a solid grounding in Gestalt, Transactional Analysis, Psychodynamic Theory, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Somatic Experiencing work with trauma. I explored the profound implications of a body-centred approach to therapy which cuts through the repetitive thought patterns that we can get caught in at times of difficulty. Ecology (pronounced ikol-eh-ji) - Ecology describes the way all living things interact with the other living and non-living things around them. For example, catching fish is part of the ecology of kingfishers. People who study this are called ecologists. The following is taken from The Journal - the John Muir Trust's membership publication - published October 2019. Near Schiehallion there is also possible evidence of a more maligned animal in the names Creag a’ Mhadaidh and Allt a’ Mhadaidh – the crag and the stream of the wolf. Ruairidh cautions, however, that mhadaidh can also be translated as ‘fox’. Without the prefix ruadh (red) or allaidh (wild), it’s impossible to know for certain, though wolf place names are numerous across Perthshire. Indian Broke-Reference to a horse that was trained to be mounted from the right side instead of the left side.

Sign up for our emails

Heidi Fiedler does the deep thinking that’s needed to transform ideas into children’s books. She makes picture books, chapter books, and nonfiction for kids with curious minds and kind hearts. She believes books have the power to make us all feel a little less alone, and the best ones leave room for the reader's imagination. Whether it's a poetic picture book, a zippy early reader, or a kid-friendly take on the physics of time travel, her books are philosophical and filled with quirky tidbits, playful language, and lots of heart. It's been her pleasure to work on more than 300 titles for clients ranging from Target to Barnes & Noble. Her credits include 180 nonfiction books in partnership with Time for Kids, 90 picture books, chapter books, and middle-grade novels, plus a wide variety of activity books, and art and craft books. After working in publishing for nearly 15 years, she’s so excited to see her own picture books and chapter books making their way into the world. Munro Gauld, a traditional flute player from Perthshire, is leading a musical project with local musicians, storytellers, artists and poets to tell “the story of place” at Schiehallion. “It helps if you can be creative in allowing people to access place name information as not everyone finds lists of direct translations interesting,” he explains. After repeated use, the techniques of stage 2 will drop down into the unconscious, and become instinctual. You will find you increasingly use them in the first draft stage. In 1845, local minister Reverend Robert MacDonald recorded that this cave was said to be full of chambers from which no-one who entered could return. Fuaran na h-Inghinn (Spring of the Young Woman) references the young women who bathed there at daybreak on May Day. Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

There’s a Coire Chat-achan (Corrie of the Cat Fields) of Johnson and Boswell fame near Broadford in Skye and I wonder looking at that if we are dealing with another field name,” he reflects. “If so, correctly An Catachan is a compound noun and would be An Cat-achaidhean. Cat Fields.”

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Equinox (pronounced ekk-wee-nox) - An equinox is when the sun’s centre crosses the equator and day and night are of equal length everywhere. This happens twice each year!

Compost (pronounced comp-ost) - Compost is a mix of ingredients which can be used to improve soil. Compost is commonly made from decomposing plant and food waste – like vegetable peelings and grass cuttings! I’m an optimist. Part of me believed when I read wise writers or philosophers that I did deserve happiness. There was always that beacon of other people’s stories that one day you can find peace and you deserve it. But I had to work towards that.” Jenny Seaman, the Trust's John Muir Award England Education Manager, shares some tips for adults who want to make language fun when spending time with young people in the outdoors.

More clues you might be interested in

At Wild Words we don’t just unbolt the door of the cage. That’s not the way to the best self-expression. All levels of writing experience and physical mobility, as well as all genres of word-crafting, are welcome.

Ecosystem - An ecosystem is an environment where plants and animals live. The plants and animals will interact with the environment and rely on each other to exist. What are wild words? At summer’s end, Brook, a young girl, has come to visit her beloved grandmother Mimi. Brook and Mimi each have a problem. The grandmother, a wordsmith, has discovered that some of her favorite nature words are disappearing. She tells Brook, “If we don’t use words, they can be forgotten. And if they’re forgotten . . . they disappear.” She invites Brook to become her “Keeper of Wild Words.” Brook is hoping to find something for show-and-tell at school the next day. The moment Sonia realized she wanted to close the store by the time she turned 40, and how she navigated the transition that followed

Wild Words Font Family View

No, there’s an art to bringing the aliveness that lies within, out and into form. Rather than crank up the resistance, we allow ourselves to be held by something bigger. We work with respect for the survival strategies (those metaphorical bars) that have kept those words in, often for years, out of concern for our safety. Recognizing and avoiding the shame spiral of “I should be grateful” in the midst of “this also feels scary” This high-quality brush font was designed by John Roshell. It was released in 1996 through a remarkable foundry named Comicraft.