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Visiting Friends and Family
Image: Ena Galbraith Visit to the Folks I was out and about over the weekend. I was through to see my folks on Friday night and then down south to see my mate. I drive down with my pal, Mikey, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged 3 ebooks deal, bevy, Cecils, cooking, crime fiction, dinner, drinking, eBooks, foom, free, free ebooks, friends and family, home-cooked, Kindle, Little Chef, Living Leith, manuscript, mother, paranormal fiction, parents, Poetry, Submissions, thrillers, tradition
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Four and a Bit Decades
Image: Wikimedia Anniversary My parents, Dave and Ena, were married 41 years ago today. Yes, that’s two score and one years ago – four decades and a bit – they took their vows in Mount Florida Parish on the south … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged 41, anniversary, Books, boudoir, coding, decades, Devon Ellington, dialogue, eBooks, forty one, four decades, Glasgow, JA Konrath, Jack Daniels, Kindle, marriage, Mount Florida, Origin, parents, Reading, scenes, web development, websites, wedding, workshop, Writing
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Media and Marketing
Image: Diffusibility Friday is here thank goodness and it feels like it’s been a heck of a long week. The day job is responsible for these feelings of dragged out days, but outwith these shifts I’m making good progress on … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Video, Writing
Tagged Blogging, book jacket, Books, British Museum, chapbooks, cruise boat, Day Job, eBooks, Family, Friday Vid, front cover, intro music, London, marketing plan, media, media and marketing, newsletter, parents, podcasts, poems, Poetry, Poolside Poetry, Sprearmint Rhino, Thames, The Patter, Video
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Christmas Day Pt.2
The spirit of Christmas returned with vengeance on Saturday, when we took a trip through west to stay with my parents for the weekend. We were making up for lost time after the recent snow storms and work schedules put … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amaretto's, birthday party, Bridge of Weir, country house, Ella Fitzgerald, Family, Frank Sinatra, friends, Glasgow, Gullane, Gullane beach, Italian food, Italian restaurant, Paisley, parents, Sammy Davis Jr., Ted Heath, Whatton House
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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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A Kind Of Magic
I missed Saturday’s post because I was through in Glasgow visiting my parents. We didn’t leave until early afternoon, which suited me fine as it meant I could get on with some work before we left. I have so much … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Music, Writing
Tagged articles, Brian May, Clyde Tunnel, DIY, Fiction, Freelance, Glasgow, Muse Conference, parents, Paul Rodgers, Photography, Queen, River Clyde, Roger Taylor, SECC, Submissions, Suggs, synopsis, wedding, Winston Churchill, Writing
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From Wanking to Effigy Burning: A New St. Andrews Uni
<img src="http://www.barack-obama-bio.com/images/political/barack-obama-7.jpg" alt="From Wanking to Effigy Burning: A New St. Andrews Uni” width=”170″ align=”left” /> Image: barack-obama-bio.com What on earth is going on up at the University of St. Andrews? The prestigious university, with senior royals among its alumni, has … Continue reading →