I know, I’ve not been writing a lot here lately. Mostly, I can’t seem to think of much to write that will interest anybody else. Also, like lots of people I have trouble starting to write anything; I gaze at the empty page and wonder where and how to begin….. No answer to the first […]
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So I had planned to go on a little photography expedition today, attempting a walk to the loch to do some landscape pictures. Never make plans… It was probably that early-morning bad dream that precipitated it. In this dream, Cleopatra had been reanimated by means of DNA technology and installed in a glass-sided pyramid for […]
At last the year is turning; winter is still hard and frosty, but summer is on its way. We’re promised a thaw in a few days – can’t come soon enough. Lovely as snow looks, it gets boring after three solid weeks. B is finally getting to see a consultant in Glasgow, next week. Hopefully, […]
Had a good few days away visiting the family in Lancashire. Came back in time to beat the snow, but bought back a lurgy. Don’t know if it was a very bad cold or mild flu, but it kept me low for a couple of days after and has left me with a bad(ish) cough. […]
Used my bus pass for the first time yesterday. A week ago, we pranged the car – not seriously, no damage done to us – and it has been taken away for inspection. Until the insurance company decides what to do, we are carless. So it was off on the bus I went hey-ho. I […]
….I really do have to get myself organised. I need to keep three websites regularly updated, and I’m falling behind with that; last week I bought myself a WordPress theme design book so that I can improve my web design skills, but I’ve not even looked at it yet; I’m trying to figure out how […]
So today me & B went off to Glasgow to get our month’s supply of recycled veg cooking oil that fuels our car. Our supplier, Dave, has just moved to to a new place, a rented house on a scheme. Driving around the place was a reminder of one of the many reasons we have […]
We have a library bus come round here, every three weeks – a big converted bus full of books that tours around the outlying rural communities. Sure, we can go to the libraries at Castle Douglas and Dumfries, and often do, but it’s important to keep such local services alive (and it’s great having a […]
Sid Rawle, the so-called “King of the Hippies” passed away, on 31st August. I knew Sid in the 70s/80s. I would run into him at free festivals, then I spent a summer living at Tipi Valley, the community that he helped to found. He told me that his mother had been a Romany girl, his […]
Well, it seems to be here at last. A couple of days of sun and warmth. Spent most of today in the garden, tidying up the grass mowings, then lounging with a book. I have been trying to get more exercise over th e last couple of weeks, mainly by walking up the hill opposite […]