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Tag Archives: trams
Itching
Image: Randy A most enjoyable and somewhat extended Sunday morning in Edinburgh yesterday, complete with a call out from my work while I was on the bus heading into town. It was a call to discuss a situation, which meant … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Photography, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged callout, chicken curry, Costa Coffee, Curry's, Day Job, Edinburgh trams, I.T, korma, Photography, Scotch Bonnet, Sonar3, standby, studio, Submissions, trams, Waverley Centre, websites, Writing
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Apologies For The Inconvenience
Image: Unknown When I said it was snowy yesterday I had no idea just how bad it was going to get. The snow yesterday was nothing compared to what I woke up to today! Yesterday was a mere sprinkling of … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Scotland, Travel
Tagged Christmas Carol, Day Job, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Flu, Leith, Lothian Buses, movies, snow, snowman, The Muppets, trams, Travel, Weather
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Reading List
Image: Annais Ferreira No matter how much I eat, I’m hungry all the time. Anything I consume seems to be getting processed quicker than ever, and the energy from it is being burnt up and expelled faster than my metabolism … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Interviews, Publishing and Marketing, Reading
Tagged 18Q, Books, Edinburgh, Fabulist Flash, Food, Drink and Bevvy, forgetful, Gregory A. Kompes, hungry, Interview, Leith Walk, newsletter, Princes Street, Reading, tram works, trams, transport
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Life And Art
Image: BBC Online Since I was feeling much better yesterday morning, I started the day off with a glorious bap containing a beautifully runny fried egg lain across a spicy and thick slice of black pudding. Washed down with a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Fiction, Publishing and Marketing
Tagged anniversary, competition, Day Job, digital camera, e-books, Eternal Press, Fiction, Freeview box, horse racing, Leith, medieval remains, newsletter, novella, Ranfurly Review, Stella, The Patter, trams, Twitter
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It Ain’t So Bad
Slept in and had to get the trawler bus up Leith Walk through all the tram works as a result. Total nightmare. With all the tunnels and shafts underneath this city you’d think an underground system would be more appropriate. … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, I.T., Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Travel, Writing
Tagged A Friend to Die For, DI Lennox, Dirk Benedict, Drill Hall, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, Editing, exhibition, Family, Fiction, gallery, Gatecrash, GDR's, Holiday, Internet, Leith, novel, Photography, Publishing and Marketing, rejection, Scotland, Scruffy Dog Review, Slick, Templeton Peck, The A-Team, trams, transport, Travel, Writing
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Piecing Together a Plot
Image: Row Three Workshop Over lunch, I wrote and posted the revised version of part 2 of the fourth exercise at the Advanced Dialogue workshop. I’ve edited in a sentence or two to subtly indicate where the antagonism is coming … Continue reading →