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Tag Archives: bunnies
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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Charity Begins at Home
Dodgy Belly I suspect it was the fish I had for lunch on Friday that did it, but for the afternoon, evening, and well into the weekend, I had a very dodgy tummy. No loss of appetite, but within a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Art, Bay City Rollers, brunch, bunnies, charity, crime, daughter, eBooks, Fiction, fundraiser, Kenny Herbert, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Nobby Clark, paranormal, PC World, Pets at Home, poems, Rabbits, raffle, revising, special offers, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, wireless router, Writing
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Bless the Bunnies
Image: Pippin Writing Routine Totally buggered up my early morning writing session yesterday morning when I went and slept in. I woke up at 9:20am having had a night full of manky dreams, and although I made it to work … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Music, Writing
Tagged animal cruelty, Animals, BBC, bunnies, Chinese New Year, doctors, Dreaming, dreams, edits, hospital, nurses, pets, Rabbits, revisions, Sleep, The Musicians' Masterclass, Writing, Year of the Rabbit
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Another Reason To Ban Fireworks
Image: Mopsy 7 ½ Weeks Old I really need to do something to cheer this blog up so I’ll begin with a short review of my recent trip away to Fuengirola in Spain. I went away with the determination to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Animals, bunnies, death, fireworks, friends, Fuengirola, GDR's, pets, Rabbits, Reading, Scruffy Dog Review, Spain, The Diners, Travel, Writing
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My Day In Several Syllables
Image: TradePlumbing.co.uk The first half my day in ten syllables: relaxing, enjoyable, fulfilling. The second half of my day in ten syllables: frustrating, disastrous, calamitous. I kicked things off by heading up town in the morning, but instead of going … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Politics, Writing
Tagged Animals, bunnies, coffee shop, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Fiction, novels, poems, Poetry, Rabbits, Writing
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Eight Years Down The Line
Image: Tim Pearce I remember it like yesterday. It was a normal working day until an email from a friend on a day off, arrived in my inbox: “A plane just hit the World Trade Centre.” Most of us thought … Continue reading →