Tag Archives: Scotland’s Treasure

Coming Down With A Katzenjammer

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Unknown I never noticed it starting yesterday, but today I have awoken with a head cold and it seems to be getting worse. My head is pulsing, my eyes swollen and my mouth is dry. Simply not what I … Continue reading →

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A Day With Moi

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Dennis Wong Yesterday was the kind of Saturday I’ve needed for quite some time. If I could have wished for a better feeling come the twilight of the afternoon, then I got what I desired. It was a nice … Continue reading →

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Like Ripples In A Pond

Posted on April 3, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Richard Freeman The Poetry Super Highway’s Annual E-Book Free-For-All was announced yesterday. Run by Rick Lupert, it’s a crazy project in which poetry e-books are produced and made freely available to all interested humans on Earth for a 24 … Continue reading →

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Soaring With The Eagles

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

Image: Chuck Abbe I woke up feeling a lot lighter on my feet and freer in my head after yesterday’s announcement. When I got stuck into preparing my GDR review for March I realised I had actually gotten through more … Continue reading →

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Short And Sweet

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Colin Galbraith

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 →

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One Third To Go

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

In my weekly web stat reports, I witnessed the first rise in unique hits for Fringe Fantastic last week. It happens every year around this time, both Fringe Fantastic and Poolside Poetry start to tail into an upwards trend, before … Continue reading →

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The Boy Is Back In Town

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Am I back on form or am I back on form? I got through a tonne of work today ranging from GDR bits and bobs, to major editing on my novel Slick, to clearing the slate for going away on … Continue reading →

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Angry Streets

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Ever noticed how sometimes the streets are calm and relaxed, people go about their business and there isn’t much friction? Then other times you can smell the tension in the air, the frustration of the people and it boils over … Continue reading →

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A Busy Man’s List

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Started work for 5.30am, and started the day job for 7.30am. Not bad going at all if I don’t say so myself. I spent the first couple of hours of a cloudy but humid day working on the short story … Continue reading →

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RTFM

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Colin Galbraith

Long day. Not so much with my workload, more so with the fact I have STILL got this damned cold. I’m still coughing and my head is still full of gunk, to the point where headaches are just something I … Continue reading →

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