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Tag Archives: America
Groundhog Day
Image: Slate.com Happy Groundhog Day! Although this is mainly an American and Canadian custom, I love the whole idea of it. Punxsutawney Phil comes out and if he sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Poetry, Writing
Tagged America, Animals, Baccara Burning, book sculptures, bunnies, bunny, Canada, Edinburgh, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glasgow, Groundhog Day, jokes, Mopsy, mystery sculptures, performance poetry, Pippin, Poetry, poetry reading, Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Phil, Rabbits, Reading, rewrites, Shawlands, Slick, spring, winter, Young's Interesting Books
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After Bin Laden
Image: Denise Gould Dead or Alive So, Bin Laden’s pan bread. I can’t say I’m not glad to see the back of the Al-Qaeda leader, the biggest threat to the security of the World since Hitler, but I’m a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Politics, Writing
Tagged America, Britain, British, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, GDR's, Monarchy, national pride, OBL, Osama Bin Laden, President Obama, Royal Wedding, Royals, terrorism, The Queen, USA, work plan, Writing
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Fascinating, Fantastic and Fun: Trudeau, Heaney and McCall Smith
Image: The List Things conspired against me yesterday leaving me unable to post my blog entry. That’s twice in less than a week it’s happened and I am less than pleased with myself. Therefore, I voluntarily stick out my virtual … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, America, Andrew Sachs, Apple, cartoonist, Dianne Abbott, Doonesbury, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fringe Fantastic, Garry Trudeau, George Bush, Ian Rankin, iPhone, Jackie Kay, Labour MP, Mark Billingham, Michael Portillo, naughty, New York Times, poetry reading, Poolside Poetry, Roy Hattersley, Seamus Heaney, social media, spanking, Steve Bell, Twitter, USA, website statistics
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Echoes
Image: Pink Sherbet Photography I dug out some of my old Pink Floyd albums and brushed them down last night. It had been a while. I tend to go through waves of listening to a certain genre—3 months on ska, … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Fiction, Music, Politics, Writing
Tagged 1969, Alan Bissett, America, Baccara Burning, Cape Canaveral, Dave Gilmour, Echoes, Fiction, glasses, moon landing, Moonhead, Music, NASA, novella, Obama, Pink Floyd, space exploration, spectacles, The Guardian, Writing
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Toothy Tales
Image: Conor Lawless One of the first things I did today was call the dentist. At 9:01am I dialled the number while tonguing the rather large (or so it felt) hole in the upper, rear, left area of my mouth. … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Politics
Tagged America, Bowling for Columbine, dentist, fillings, GDR's, Heston, Michael Moore, Obama, pizza, teeth
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Sarah Palin: American Ambassador
Image: The Periscope Post Sarah Palin is for Real Twitter throws up the most amazing things sometimes. Occasionally you pick up something someone has said and it totally connects, other times you feel like you want to throttle someone for … Continue reading →