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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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A Fruitful Diversion
Image: Anders B. My weekend went nothing like I planned it. It all went wrong on Friday night and the crisis lasted until late last night, and yet – and YET – I still managed to have a highly productive, … Continue reading
Posted in eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, I.T., Leith, Music, Photography, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Scotland, Writing
Tagged Animals, cappuccino, coffee chop, Corstorphnie, Costa, Desert Island Discs, eBooks, Edinburgh, Editing, Fiction, gardening, half marathon, hard drive, hardware, HDD, house chores, ideas, Leith, Music, notebook, PC, PC World, Photography, photography studio, poems, revisions, thoughts, Twitter, wedding, Windows, Writing
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The Pope’s Popeing In
Image: Guardian My parents were married 40 years ago today. On 16th September, 1970, they married in Mount Florida Parish Church on the south side of Glasgow. Three years later they had me, two after that my sister, Fiona, and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Leith, Writing
Tagged anniversary, BBC, Catholicism, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Editing, Leith, marriage, Neil Gaiman, Pope Benedict, road closures, Roman Catholics, Rome, Scotland, Scottish weather, the Pope, The Queen, Twitter, Vatican, wedding, wedding anniversary, windy, Writing
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Hoity-Toity Dining
Image: Jeff Meade All things being equal yesterday was a fine day, and as far as wedding anniversaries go it was one of the best. After a lovely lie in, the likes of which I have not enjoyed for many … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged anniversary, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Book Festival, fine dining, Fringe Festival, The Witchery, wedding
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Getting Suited Up
Image: designersuits.org.uk On Sunday I’ll have been married to Gail for six years. Six very long years if you were to ask her, so with that in mind, I’m taking her out to a very posh and sophisticated restaurant for … Continue reading
White Tents Are Sprouting
Image: Scott McAndrew Lovely day over Edinburgh yesterday; sunny, warm, and it felt oddly like a Friday. I had a busy day in the office as my workload increases and I find myself being pushed into newer and higher profile … Continue reading
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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The Past Week
It’s been almost a week since I last wrote in this blog, and what a week it’s been. It would appear I still haven’t learned to listen to my body when it tells me I’m running it into the ground, … Continue reading
Posted in Editorial Comment, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, I.T., Photography, Poetry, Scotland, Writing
Tagged articles, competition, Duddingston Kirk, Duddingston Loch, Edinburgh, Family, Freelance, ill, love, Minto Hotel, poetry contest, Poetry Super Highway, run-down, Sick, Six Nations Rugby, wedding
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Freedom from the Mundane 
Diamond Days
Image: Gems.com I was an utter waste of skin yesterday. Not only did I procrastinate in the silence of the house for several hours, I listened to Pink Floyd on repeat, ate pizza, and stoated about wishing there were other … Continue reading →