Oor Mannie
An hotel room in Golspie can bethe loneliest of lonely dens.The cracked mirror half-heartedlyreflects olden histories and mythologiesthat remain perched high upon a benway above the soft-snoring sea.The Golspies call him, “oor Mannie.”He strides atop Beinn a’ Bhragaidhon the North Sea coast.Does the Gaelic mean with a bang?Or does the Gaelic point to the boast?