Sound and Film and a Combat Medic

| February 26, 2017

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing… …and the Oscar goes to…the team of Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace for their work on Hacksaw Ridge the story of American soldier and conscientious objector Desmond Doss. The story of Desmond Doss was a familiar one to me and the Mel Gibson film certainly did […]

Dol Fodha na Grèine

| February 13, 2017

This Valentine’s Day…at the going down of the sun…. There it stood, at the base of one Scottish soldier’s tablet…here at Seaforth Cemetery, Cheddar Villa. I am reminded of this image…this day…for its simplicity…its connection to a gravesite without mention of those who brought it here. Though it speaks to one it speaks to many. […]