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If it weren’t for Paul Auster…
If you’ve read the biography page on my website, you’ll have come across the mention of a writer called Paul Auster. And if you’ve known me long enough, you’ll recognise that same writer as one who is regularly mentioned or … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh Book Festival, Literature, Writing
Tagged EdBookFest, Paul Auster, Writing
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Sarah Palin: American Ambassador
Image: The Periscope Post Sarah Palin is for Real Twitter throws up the most amazing things sometimes. Occasionally you pick up something someone has said and it totally connects, other times you feel like you want to throttle someone for … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Poetry, Politics, Scotland, Writing
Tagged America, Americans, Democrats, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, extremists, Guardian, IRA, Jihad, Kids' Poems, Leith, Mafioso, Muslim, notebook, Osama Bin Laden, Paul Auster, poems, Poetry, Politics, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Scotland, Scottish Parliamentary election, The Red Notebook, Twitter, United Nations, USA, Writing
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Ten Questions
Image: Sam Churchill Did anyone notice the funny faux pas in yesterday’s post? “I’ve never actually been to Cornwall, Devon…” Gee, how I laughed when I noticed the English county confusion I caused. I thought for today’s post I would … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Blockheads, Daily Telegraph, Domino's pizza, DVD, Every Day Poets, Ian Dury, Interview, Madness, movie, Paul Auster, Poetry, publication, questions, Stephen Frears, The Pink Panther, The Specials
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Collecting Juicy Butts
Image: Indi Samarajiva Edinburgh bathed in warm sunshine yesterday making it a grand end to a turbulent week on the weather front. We’ve gone from heavy snow and sleet to glorious sunshine in the space of hours. Remarkable, but when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Reading, Writing
Tagged book shops, cigarettes, cooking, Easter, Easter Eggs, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, lyrics, Madness, Paul Auster, Quintin Jardine, Reading
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Avoiding Doing Nothing
Image: Alan Levine It would appear that TweetDeck is a pretty good thing – thanks Devon for leading the way. I installed it this afternoon and within five minutes had overloaded my API allowance and had to turn it off, … Continue reading
Dog Tired
I think I’m suffering from a spot of burn out. All the signs are there: not overly tired but unable to raise myself to get into anything for any length of time. It’s not like I haven’t been varying my … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, Animals, burn out, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Fiction, Film & TV, fire, Fire Service, Freelance, GDR's, Hunting Jack, Love Hurts, Mopsy, novel, Paul Auster, rabbit, Reading, sequel, Slick, The Brooklyn Follies, Writing
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Irritated Man Boobs
Having to work late in the day job last night, then going home to work on the website, then getting up early to go straight back into the day job again, only feels like one is working constantly without a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Editorial Comment, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Reading, Writing
Tagged Amsterdam, articles, Brooklyn Follies, chapbook, Day Job, diet, Editorial Comment, Freelance, Holiday, novel, Paul Auster, Poetry, Reading, Silly Poems for Wee People Vol.2, Slick, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Back From Rhodes and Ready to Rock
Image: Faliraki-Info.com Hello everyone and welcome back to Freedom from the Mundane! I’ve been gone for over three weeks, quite a long time in the blogging world but then again, needs must. I’ve been away on holiday, recharging my batteries … Continue reading →