Tag Archives: Fringe Fantastic

My Dad Is 70

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Diffusibility My father is 70 years old today. 70. David Currie Galbraith is officially a 70 year old man. I emphasise this for the sake of my poor mother, as it is she more than anyone else in the … Continue reading →

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Poems and Planning

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Natalie Roberts The strained headache I had all day wasn’t conducive to work but I fought through it. There was much head rubbing and the occasional pill dropped to get there, and in the end I made some good … Continue reading →

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There’s Not a Herd of Wild Horses…

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: FindingDulcinea.com The weather couldn’t quite decide what it wanted to do on my walk through Edinburgh yesterday. One minute it was blowing a gale and threatening rain, the next it was calm and cloudy. It even went sunny and … Continue reading →

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The Kindle Experiment

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Windell Oskay Greener is the Grass I’ve not given up on BACCARA BURNING yesterday morning while working on the final polishing up of GREENER IS THE GRASS, the world felt normal again. I felt like I was a writer … Continue reading →

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Fascinating, Fantastic and Fun: Trudeau, Heaney and McCall Smith

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: The List Things conspired against me yesterday leaving me unable to post my blog entry. That’s twice in less than a week it’s happened and I am less than pleased with myself. Therefore, I voluntarily stick out my virtual … Continue reading →

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Ian Rankin And The Live Book Festival Twitter Feed

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Twitter Before I get stuck into yesterday’s goings on at the Edinburgh Book Festival, I want to say a humongous thanks to everyone who has emailed and tweeted me to express their enjoyment of my book festival blogging and … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Book Festival Programme Announced

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: British Council I logged on to the Edinburgh Book Festival website first thing yesterday morning, but my hopes of an early scan of the 2010 events programme was dashed when I found out it was a 12 noon launch. … Continue reading →

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Another Belter

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: MIT I noticed out of my office window yesterday that I’d still to pick up the bird table that got blown over on Friday night. It’s still to attract the attention of any little feathered friends, so I repositioned … Continue reading →

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The Quick Fix Doesn’t Work

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: John Cooper A Scottish quack has called for chocolate to be taxed in the same way as alcohol and cigarettes. Apparently, it’s required so we can tackle increasing levels of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Forward thinking Dr David … Continue reading →

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Looking Out At New Horizons

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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