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100% Spring Cleaned
This is only going to be a very quick summary because not only do I start the “new” day job tomorrow, I want to get up at 5am to get stuck into the new Jackie McCann novel, which has been … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Day Job, Family, Fiction, Film & TV, Glasgow, Hangover, home office, Jackie McCann, Linford Christie, meal, novel, OAPs, retirement, spring clean, Toni's restaurant, Writing
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Never Ending Cycle
Despite having to take a pain killer last night, I managed to trawl my way out of bed nice and early this morning. Before leaving for the day job, though, I had to take care of a few things before … Continue reading
Rewind
It was about 11am before my FIL showed up so I managed to get a nice Sunday morning under my belt, free of hassle and noise. Gail was out the door before 8am to a special photography course on lighting, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel
Tagged Film & TV, Glasgow, Poetry, spring clean, subway
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Looking Out At New Horizons
I stayed up late watching a film last night. It was so bad I can’t even remember what it was about now. Gail got home about 1am and spent a while telling me all about her day photographing a large … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Freelance, Poetry, Theatre, Travel
Tagged Family, Film & TV, Freelance, Fringe Fantastic, Holiday, Madness, movies, organising, Our House musical, Photography, Poetry, Poetry Super Highway, Poolside Poetry, Portobello, Weather, Website, wedding
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Hello Dolly
I had a fabulous weekend. On Saturday I headed through to Glasgow on the train with only one mission in mind: to spoil my mother. I was taking her out on the town for the night; for a meal and … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Theatre
Tagged Anita Dobson, Dance, Darren Day, DVD, Editorial Comment, Family, Film & TV, fine dining, Glasgow, Hello Dolly, Kings Theatre, Mal Maison, meal, movie
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Dog Tired
I think I’m suffering from a spot of burn out. All the signs are there: not overly tired but unable to raise myself to get into anything for any length of time. It’s not like I haven’t been varying my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Animals, burn out, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, fire, Fire Service, Freelance, GDR's, Hunting Jack, Love Hurts, Mopsy, novel, Paul Auster, rabbit, Reading, sequel, Slick, The Brooklyn Follies, Writing
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Calton Hill Pt.2
Not a good day is some aspects, but good in others. I’ll get the bad stuff out the way first. I visited the chippy for dinner for the second night in a row. This time I got a Black Pudding … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Fast Foods, Film & TV, Hunting Jack, Inspiration, Irn-Bru, Jackie McCann, Leith, movies, novels, Walking, Writing, Writing Process
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Calton Hill Pt.1
Saturday was such a nice morning I took Laura with me when I went out. I had a couple of things I wanted to do in the morning, but I took out more time to take in a few other … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Aquarium, Books, Calton Hill, Clint Eastwood, Edinburgh, Fiction, Film & TV, ideas, Jackie McCann, Leith, movies, Shopping, Tropical Fish, Walking, Weather, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Supporting The Back
Image: Toronto.ca The League of Ordinary Gentleman deconstruction workshop kicked off at Savvy Authors yesterday; introductions and formalities all made before I got stuck into Lecture 1 about the film’s opening sequence. I read the notes a couple of times … Continue reading →