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Opening Night of the Trees for Life Charity Exhibition

Trees for Life I attended the official opening night of the Trees for Life charity exhibition last night. It was a very strange experience to see my own poetry framed and mounted on a wall in a gallery for people … Continue reading

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Launch Date Announced

Image: HimHo I could hardly keep my eyes open at the day job yesterday. I was so tired I just wanted to do my work quietly and without interruption. Unfortunately, my position doesn’t entail that to be possible so I … Continue reading

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My Dad Is 70

Image: Diffusibility My father is 70 years old today. 70. David Currie Galbraith is officially a 70 year old man. I emphasise this for the sake of my poor mother, as it is she more than anyone else in the … Continue reading

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The Trouble with Hair

Image: partypants.co.uk Shaving I really should shave more often. Ideally I should shave my head and face twice per week, but in reality I’m lazy during the week when it comes to that kind of thing. The problem is this: … Continue reading

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The Christmas Chart Is Open

Image: catm.co.uk Damon Albarn got it spot in a BBC article about the evil of X-Factor the other day, which he referred to as “a karaoke coliseum, which is actually just an advert for one record label.” He continued: “The thing … Continue reading

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Pit Stop

Image: TRF1 I started to feel quite run down towards the end of last week and after my last blog post on Saturday felt really quite rubbish. So I downed tools and took a pit stop, a little time out … Continue reading

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Soul And System

Image: Stephen Depolo Oh, yes and it was a quite fruitful day. Lots achieved on all fronts and this morning, despite the rain and wind, I’m about to head out for some “me time”. Lovely. Yesterday I caught up on … Continue reading

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The Submission Discipline

Image: Umberto Salvagnin One of my things I decided to pay more attention to this year was keeping up the level of submissions I have out and ensuring they get turned around after a rejection as quickly as possible. It … Continue reading

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