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Tag Archives: curry
Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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Beer and Curry Medicine
Image: Curry Council Intensity Lull After the intensity of my blogging at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival, September feels quiet, low and almost uninteresting on the availability of things to write about. It’s a lull that happens each year; one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 9/11, Animals, Bannerman's, beer, beer and curry, Book Festival, Books, change, contributors, curry, Day Job, dialoge workshop, Edinburgh, Editing, egotism, Leith, Malt and Hops, pets, Rab Howat Band, rabbit hutch, Rabbits, Raj Restaurant, Ranfurly Review, Reading, rejections, Submissions, The Shore, whisky, Writing
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A Scottish Summer
Image: Unknown The weather was somewhat unpredictable yesterday. When the wind blew, it blew hard and cold then calmed as fast as it had picked up. The rain followed the same pattern; sudden downpours, hard and cold, the nothing. In … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Scotland, Writing
Tagged baby, coffee shop, crèche, Cumbria, curry, Day Job, Edinburgh, friends, Indian meal, kids, Prince Balti House, rain, Research, Scotland, Scottish summer, Wallyford, Weather, Writing
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A Glass A Day
Image: The Daily Mail Not a bad weekend all things considered. Despite the culmination of what I think may have been the flu – or something like it, on Friday – by Saturday I was feeling a lot better. I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged baby, Books, chapbooks, coffee shop, Comedy, comedy writing, curry, discounts, drink, Family, Flu, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Gail Galbraith Photography, GDR's, Indian meal, Madras, money off, niece, Photography, Poetry, red wine, roast chicken, Savvy Authors, sickness, sisters, small business, Walking, website development, websites, workshop, Writing
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The Big Yin Comes Home
Image: BC I actually forgot to blog on Saturday morning. When I got up, I got tore into my “to-do” list for the day and stayed in the zone all day, and I just forgot to do it. When I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Aramadillo, Blogging, competitions, curry, design, Edinburgh's Hogmanay, evening out, Football, Glasgow Billy Connolly, M8 motorway, Madness, Reading, red wine, rejections, Scruffy Dog Review, SECC, Sport, St Mirren, steak dinner, Submissions, The Pixies, websites, Writing
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Awash With Websites
Image: Global Spec I did intend on blogging over the weekend but as fate had it I never really got around to it. I awoke on Saturday morning up with a slightly dicky tummy. May have been the copious amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T.
Tagged Animals, cleaning, curry, freelance work, Guinness, housework, Indian meal, Internet, pizza, Rabbits, Scruffy Dog Review, tummy ache, websites, wedding ring
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Freedom from the Mundane 