Ruth

“Time is only ever overlapping tumbling versions of the now”
― Robert Macfarlane, Ness

“Sleeplessness does the devil’s joinery, son.”
― Max Porter, Lanny

“þæs ofereode, þisses swa mæg!”
― Deor

“Landt’s observations were meticulous and he is one of the few outsiders to record the unique way in which the Faroese measured time. They divided the day into what he called ökter – eight three-hour portions named after points of the compass. Twelve midnight was called ‘north’ while twelve noon was referred to as ‘south’. Six am became simply ‘east’ and six pm was ‘west’. Ninety-minute intervals were ‘half-eighths’, so that ten thirty pm would be north-north-west.”
― Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe: A Faroe Islands Year