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Groundhog Day
Image: Slate.com Happy Groundhog Day! Although this is mainly an American and Canadian custom, I love the whole idea of it. Punxsutawney Phil comes out and if he sees his shadow, we get six more weeks of winter. As it … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Poetry, Writing
Tagged America, Animals, Baccara Burning, book sculptures, bunnies, bunny, Canada, Edinburgh, Fiction, Gatecrash, Glasgow, Groundhog Day, jokes, Mopsy, mystery sculptures, performance poetry, Pippin, Poetry, poetry reading, Punxsutawney, Punxsutawney Phil, Rabbits, Reading, rewrites, Shawlands, Slick, spring, winter, Young's Interesting Books
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Charity Begins at Home
Dodgy Belly I suspect it was the fish I had for lunch on Friday that did it, but for the afternoon, evening, and well into the weekend, I had a very dodgy tummy. No loss of appetite, but within a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Poetry, Writing
Tagged Art, Bay City Rollers, brunch, bunnies, charity, crime, daughter, eBooks, Fiction, fundraiser, Kenny Herbert, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Nobby Clark, paranormal, PC World, Pets at Home, poems, Rabbits, raffle, revising, special offers, The Rab Howat Band, Trees for Life, wireless router, Writing
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Beer and Curry Medicine
Image: Curry Council Intensity Lull After the intensity of my blogging at this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival, September feels quiet, low and almost uninteresting on the availability of things to write about. It’s a lull that happens each year; one … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Day Job, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Reading, Writing
Tagged 9/11, Animals, Bannerman's, beer, beer and curry, Book Festival, Books, change, contributors, curry, Day Job, dialoge workshop, Edinburgh, Editing, egotism, Leith, Malt and Hops, pets, Rab Howat Band, rabbit hutch, Rabbits, Raj Restaurant, Ranfurly Review, Reading, rejections, Submissions, The Shore, whisky, Writing
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A Weekend for Moi
Image: http://www.visualphotos.com I must have had a good weekend because it seemed to last for ages. Last Friday already seems so far off in my mind that I have no doubt it was because of the amount I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Writing
Tagged and Bevvy, Baccara Burning, clothes, clothes shopping, Coffee, coffee shop, Corstorphine, Costa Coffee, DAB Radio, drink, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR's, home cooking, in-laws, jeans, manuscript, meal, Music, novella, On Writing, Pauline Black, PC World, Pets at Home, Rabbits, radio, reggae, revisions, rigby, Rugby Union, Scotland, Six Nations, ska, Stephen King, Tesco, The Selecter, Twitter, Wales, weekend, Writing, writing workshops
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Bless the Bunnies
Image: Pippin Writing Routine Totally buggered up my early morning writing session yesterday morning when I went and slept in. I woke up at 9:20am having had a night full of manky dreams, and although I made it to work … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Family, Fiction, Music, Writing
Tagged animal cruelty, Animals, BBC, bunnies, Chinese New Year, doctors, Dreaming, dreams, edits, hospital, nurses, pets, Rabbits, revisions, Sleep, The Musicians' Masterclass, Writing, Year of the Rabbit
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Solitary Refinement
Image: Ninrnimesh I had a much more productive and pleasant trip up town yesterday morning. Just like the day before, I was up early but this time I took the chance of a quiet house to enjoy a slow breakfast … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Sport, Writing
Tagged Animals, Books, chicken curry, coffee shop, cooking, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Football, Holland, pet shop, Rabbits, Reading, Shopping, South Africa, Spain, Sport, St Mirren, World Cup, World Cup Final, Writing
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Another Reason To Ban Fireworks
Image: Mopsy 7 ½ Weeks Old I really need to do something to cheer this blog up so I’ll begin with a short review of my recent trip away to Fuengirola in Spain. I went away with the determination to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Reading, Travel, Writing
Tagged Animals, bunnies, death, fireworks, friends, Fuengirola, GDR's, pets, Rabbits, Reading, Scruffy Dog Review, Spain, The Diners, Travel, Writing
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Awash With Websites
Image: Global Spec I did intend on blogging over the weekend but as fate had it I never really got around to it. I awoke on Saturday morning up with a slightly dicky tummy. May have been the copious amounts … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T.
Tagged Animals, cleaning, curry, freelance work, Guinness, housework, Indian meal, Internet, pizza, Rabbits, Scruffy Dog Review, tummy ache, websites, wedding ring
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Edinburgh Trams Fiasco Continues
Image: Winkled Weasle Little bit tired yesterday after being out so late on a school night for the Darling event. No worries though, as I stopped in at the coffee shop on the way to the day job to write … Continue reading →