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Visiting Friends and Family
Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 3 ebooks deal, bevy, Cecils, cooking, crime fiction, dinner, drinking, eBooks, foom, free, free ebooks, friends and family, home-cooked, Kindle, Little Chef, Living Leith, manuscript, mother, paranormal fiction, parents, Poetry, Submissions, thrillers, tradition
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From Snowballs To Fireballs
Image: Daily Mail I’m as bored talking about the snow and ice as I am having to walk about in it so I’ll say no more. Unless, that is, I should fall arse over tit again and jar my coccyx … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, BBC, CGI, Christmas, Christmas presents, computers, cooking, design, drink, falling star, fireball, Flash, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, home office, I.T, ice, Internet, meteor, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, shooting star, snow, software, stars, Weather, Website, Writing
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Solitary Refinement
Image: Ninrnimesh I had a much more productive and pleasant trip up town yesterday morning. Just like the day before, I was up early but this time I took the chance of a quiet house to enjoy a slow breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Sport, Writing
Tagged Animals, Books, chicken curry, coffee shop, cooking, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Football, Holland, pet shop, Rabbits, Reading, Shopping, South Africa, Spain, Sport, St Mirren, World Cup, World Cup Final, Writing
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Collecting Juicy Butts
Image: Indi Samarajiva Edinburgh bathed in warm sunshine yesterday making it a grand end to a turbulent week on the weather front. We’ve gone from heavy snow and sleet to glorious sunshine in the space of hours. Remarkable, but when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged book shops, cigarettes, cooking, Easter, Easter Eggs, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, lyrics, Madness, Paul Auster, Quintin Jardine, Reading
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Snow, Snow, Snow!
Image: Kate Mereand Snow, snow, snow everywhere you look! Yesterday morning the thin layer of snow that had fallen on Sunday night had frozen to the ground, but last night as I looked out the window, a blanket of soft … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Christmas cards, Christmas presents, cooking, Day Job, gifts, grilled salmon, home cooking, ice, snow, Weather
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Mr Forgetful
Image: Digital Stores I was shattered going into work yesterday. And I was in a bad mood because of it. Missing my bus didn’t help either. Fucking Lothian left early. Three coffees in the office didn’t really help move things … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged Biblio Paradise, cancer, cooking, Day Job, death, Family, Fiction, Lothian Buses, Marzetti, Patrick Swayze, short story, sleepy, spine-tinger, tired, Writing
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DIY Man
Image: Nadya Peek I had a packed day yesterday; no day of rest for moi, put it that way. After getting up early (6am kind of early) to work on day job stuff, I gave the back garden a complete … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged cooking, DIY, e-books, Fiction, french fry, gardening, laptop, literary, magazine, Netbook, painting, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Samsung NC10, sanding, Sunday dinner, walls, Writing
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A Day For Me
Image: Behzad Rahmati Finally, a day away from the office that gave me time to think about only one thing – writing. I had an easy start to the morning, getting up just after 10am and enjoying a slow breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged book cover, cooking, day off, Editing, Fiction, marketing, me myself and I, movie, novella, promotion, Publishing and Marketing, Shrek, Stella, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Stovies and Headaches (Not Related)
Image: Stovies.com I’ve got a new dentist! I have my first session with him on the 20th January and by all accounts he’s one of the best around. If both my wife and daughter like him then he has to … Continue reading →