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Tag Archives: clothes
The World Keeps Turning
Image: freewebphoto.com I went out on Saturday morning and did something I’d not done for a long while: walk for miles through Edinburgh. It was something I needed to do, to give me time to reflect on Ian’s funeral the … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Reading
Tagged A Room in Leith, albums, Blue Mountain coffee, clothes, Coffee, coffee shop, Cuttea Sark, dining, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, funeral, Grassmarket, grieving, Jamaica, Leith, Music, Ocean Terminal, restaurant, Shopping, Spoon Cafe, The Shore, Vic Galloway, Walking
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A Weekend for Moi
Image: http://www.visualphotos.com I must have had a good weekend because it seemed to last for ages. Last Friday already seems so far off in my mind that I have no doubt it was because of the amount I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, Baccara Burning, clothes, clothes shopping, Coffee, coffee shop, Corstorphine, Costa Coffee, DAB Radio, drink, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, home cooking, in-laws, jeans, manuscript, meal, Music, novella, On Writing, Pauline Black, PC World, Pets at Home, Rabbits, radio, reggae, revisions, rigby, Rugby Union, Scotland, Six Nations, ska, Stephen King, Tesco, The Selecter, Twitter, Wales, weekend, Writing, writing workshops
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7 Days
Image: Kevin Dooley The first Saturday at home since I got back from Portugal and boy, did I make this one count. I headed into Edinburgh shortly after 9am and got to work. First stop was the book shop, where … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Reading, Writing
Tagged America Libre, bags, Books, CDs, Charlotte Square, clothes, Edinburgh Book Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, Leith, Modest Mouse, movie, Music, novels, pizza, Raul Ramos, Reading, Writing
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A Media Frenzy And The Nation Watched
Image: Metro A day of two fascinating halves. On the one one hand I had the day job, which was busy and thick with challenge, and on the other was the live coverage of the stand-off between the police and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Film & TV, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 24-hour news, clothes, Day Job, fugitive gunman, GDR's, media, poems, Poetry, Raoul Moat, Shopping, television, TV journalism, Writing
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It Pays To Google Oneself
Image: Forward Press A bath of ice. That’s what I need to cool my skin and return to a more normal temperature. I’m not really enjoying this week’s “great weather” because I can’t find a balance with clothes. It’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Anthology, clothes, Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fabio Cappello, Fiction, Forward Press, hot, iPod, iTunes, performance, poems, Poetry, Poetry Rivals competition, poetry slam, sweaty, Tommy Cooper, UNESCO, Weather
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Time To Be Extra Productive
Image: zoutedrop Yet again I’m struggling with the front cover for the next issue of the Ranfurly Review. Every flippin’ time I struggle to find something suitable that fits my image of what the issue should convey. Thankfully, I have … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged clothes, cover design, Edinburgh Book Festival, Editing, Fiction, GDR, hot weather, Madness, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, re-writing, short fiction, Strunk and White, summer clothing, Weather, Writing, Writing New Year
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Getting Suited Up
Image: designersuits.org.uk On Sunday I’ll have been married to Gail for six years. Six very long years if you were to ask her, so with that in mind, I’m taking her out to a very posh and sophisticated restaurant for … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 
The Clothing Debate Part II
Image: Senior Money Memos I’m struggling to sleep again. The last two nights I was up after midnight in the knowledge I had to get up at 5am for work. As time dragged on, I started to feel the pressure … Continue reading →