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A New Desk
Two Thousand and Sixteen 2016 was a monumental year. I married my soulmate, had the honeymoon of a lifetime in Paris and New York, bought a new home in a lovely part of Scotland, and moved in just in time … Continue reading
Time is Tight and the Scotrail Fiasco Rumbles On
Image: FoxNoMad Tight with Time Things are starting to get tight with time and for once it’s NOT to do with the eternal battle between the day job and my writing career. This time, it’s Christmas versus DIY. The house … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Leith, Poetry, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Art, art students, assault, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas presents, Christmas tree, decoration, DIY, eBooks, free ebooks, giveaway, home, House, illustrations, iMac, iPhone, Kamila Ratajczak, Leith, Leith School of Art, living room, loung, novels, Scotland, Scotrail, Silly Poems for Wee People, thrillers, ticket dodgers, time, time is tight, train, violence
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Coffee With Hamsun
Image: Guardian.co.uk Edinburgh was mobbed yesterday morning with various events on in the city all at once. Not only was it the second day of the Fringe Festival—the first Saturday therefore the first really busy day—but I saw several stag … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Writing
Tagged Animals, Books, Coffee, dinner, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Guardian, Hamsun Centre, home, Knut Hamsun, movie, newspaper, Normay, Rabbits, Reading, shoes, Shopping, Writing
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Good Food And Banter
Image: The Busy Brain Bit of a busy weekend, both in the house and on the socialising-in-restaurants front. It seems Gail and I are currently in high demand for attending people’s functions. A good thing? Not if you’re a hermit … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged curry, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, friends, gardening, GDR's, home, in-laws, Indian, restaurant, steak house, T-Bone, talking, Writing
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Making Time For Things
Image: Sara Petagna It’s a glorious morning outside. After a Friday that saw the clouds and rain return, and a Saturday that didn’t really know what it wanted, today I look out of my office window and the sky is … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged Blogging, Books, chores, Day Job, dinner, drink, e-book, Eternal Press, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, home, Publishing and Marketing, Stella, sunshine, time, Weather, Writing
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Short And Sweet
Image: Lollie-Pop I arrived in work this morning hoping for an easy start to the day but getting the exact opposite. With a critical incident on our shores I was thrown cold into the deep end, and spent the best … Continue reading
Freedom from the Mundane 
Jekyll and Hyde
Image:Jenni Douglas Only by this mid-week have I finally begun to feel back to full fettle since arriving home from my sea adventure. The tiredness, sickness, and dodgy legs had all gone, but I’ve still been unable to concentrate, have … Continue reading →