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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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The Beauty In Sadness
Image: Robert Jaffe Photography An emotional Friday, and one I was glad to be finished with so I could get the weekend going and put it behind me. I was at the day job, as usual, in the morning, but … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Photography, Poetry, Writing
Tagged AudioBoo, cremation, death, Editing, emotions, funeral, iPhone, limerick, manuscript, photgraphs, sadness, Warrison Crematorium, Writing
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Still Got It
Image: celebritiesnews.info Wednesday catch-up: Day job was the day job. I met up with my wife for lunch. We ate soup and a roll in a car park near the Botanical Gardens. Such romance! In the evening I met up … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged alcohol, beer, Bevvy, Day Job, drinking, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, friends, funeral, Major Thomas Weir, pubs, vodka
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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Image: Unknown Saturday did not go as planned. The intention was quite simple: nip up town, buy a DVD, grab some coffee and read the paper. All went well until I tried to the buy the DVD, which I required … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Bill Clegg, Books, coffee shop, DVD, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, film critics, films, funeral, Hannibal Smith, night out, Portrait of an Addict as a Young Man, publication, Reading, rejections, The A-Team, The League of Ordinary Gentleman
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Heatwave
Image: Jesse Bikman As the title says, I’m back but not for long. I think I’m just about ready for a break. My weekend away turned into a bit of a nightmare. Just as things had started off so well … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Travel
Tagged alcohol, Blackpool, celebration, death, dehydration, Family, funeral, GDR's, heat stroke, ill, primary school, vomiting
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A Trilogy Of Tragedy
Image: Gothessa Some of the more eagle eyed among you may have noticed I have changed the spelling of Marc Palombo’s name in yesterday’s obituary. I mentioned all the pranks he played over the years – this was another – … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Family
Tagged blog tour, Blogging, Bridge of Weir, burial, CAtholic, Family, friends, funeral, guest blog, Houston, Lara Stauffer, Marc Palombo, Mass, Renfrewshire, Royal British Legion, St Fillan's, Stella
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Obituary: Marc Palombo – Out Of The Blue
Image: Superlube I’ve spent the last few days thinking about Marc Palombo, my friend who died suddenly on Friday 5th June. I’ve tried to think of ways to sum him up, what he meant to me, the things I liked … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment
Tagged death, Family, friends, funeral, life, Mark Palombo, Obituary
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Not Enough Shrill
Image: laffy4k Long day yesterday. The alarm on my new phone isn’t shrill enough to yank me out of my sleep, and so invariably I find myself flopping back and lying for longer as I wait for another, stronger spur … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Fiction, Freelance, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged alarm clock, blog tour, Blogging, Books, Day Job, death, Freelance, friends, funeral, GNHosting, Internet, living, marketing, Obituary, promotion, Reading, Website, world tour, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Ian James Robertson
Last summer my Father-in-Law was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. The disease took hold of Ian quickly, and within a matter of months he had gone from being a very strong and bubbly 64 year old man heading for a … Continue reading →