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Meeting Bethany
Image: Laura Galbraith A fine day; an all round family day that lifted my spirits even higher than they’ve been growing these past couple of weeks. Bethany Yesterday I met the newest member of our family, my wee sister’s week … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Animals, Assembly Rooms, babies, dogs, Edinburgh Fringe, Family, Fiction, fog, Forth Bridge, friends, gifts, hot tub, niece, romance genre, Savvy Authors, Scottish Borders, sisters, Writing, writing workshop
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So That Was Christmas
Image: Getty Images It’s the gap between Christmas and New Year and all over Scotland people are gearing up for the big celebration. Very soon, we shall turn 2010 over to the bucket of history and make the leap into … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Reading, Writing
Tagged 2010, 2011, Apple, board games, Books, CDs, Charades, charity, Christmas, cinema, Duran Duran, DVDs, Facebook, Family, food and drink, gifts, ice, iPhone, iPod, James Bond, Just Giving, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Little Fockers, Marie Curie Cancer Care, New Year, Ocean Terminal, Pizza Hut, presents, Reading, Santa Claus, snow, Trivial Pursuit, Weather, Writing
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All Work And No Play And All That Jazz
Image: Spice London Yesterday was a blast. I spent some of the morning up in town doing some shopping for my parent’s visit later in the day, which naturally included a stop off in the coffee shop and a read … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Photography, Reading
Tagged Animals, Bevvy, Books, coffee shop, drink, Family, Father's Day, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gifts, hot and sunny, Internet, parents, Sunday dinner, Tropical Fish, visiting
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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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Tackling The Whale
Image: coolantarctica.com Happy birthday to me! Yes, yesterday was my birthday, not that they are very exciting affairs any more once you get to 36–just another year to tick off—but it had all the ingredients I look for in my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged Animals, birthday, comedian, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Football, gifts, glasses, haddock, Michael McIntyre, Newhaven, Peacock Inn, Spongebob Squarepants, St Mirren, whale
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Back To Life
Image: Herval For most of the country today was back to school, college, and work day. The holidays are over, the excesses have ceased, and now the cold hard reality hits home – it’s January, it’s winter, and the summer … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged Christmas, Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, gifts, life, novels, publishers, Ranfurly Review, reality, Submissions, Weather, winter
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Image: traciviagradd MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!! I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow and that Santa is good to you all! My Christmas Eve has been quite relaxed. I spent my morning up town getting a few last gifts, then … Continue reading →