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The Day Efter The Morra

A poem in Scots — Aye! gonnae no’ dae that ah wish ye widnae it’s affy annoyin’ like ye ken richt well whit effect ye wannae huv it’s aye better tae laugh like a loon or gie it laldy in a’ that ye dae insteed o’ bein’ a scunner jist dinnae fash yer heid or…

Poetry

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The Day Efter The Morra
The Day Efter The Morra
Poetry

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Nov 11

Glaikit

Or embracing the slow life? — “Where am I?” This is my rallying cry as I grow into the third age. It is not about being physically lost. It is more about needing an assessment of progress on thinking journeys. I take my thinking for a walk most days, living alone allowing me to do that…

Nonfiction

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Glaikit
Glaikit
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Oct 23

Ten Ways NOT to Write Listicles

Excitement does not wait within — 1 Don’t read rubbish like this 2 Stop getting excited by the ‘content’ word, and only allow your writing to be described as writing or the genre or sub-genre that it is. (See Clive Thompson’s great examination of ‘content’ here) 3 Remove the words ‘digital marketing’ from your vocabulary 4…

Humour

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Ten Ways NOT to Write Listicles
Ten Ways NOT to Write Listicles
Humour

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Oct 11

In My Garden There is a Tree

Full of red berries — I live in a place where the interior can often be disappointing, but the exterior performs so much better in the shape of the plants, shrubs, lawns and magnificent, mature trees contained within the gardens. One of those trees is looking particularly magnificent right now. It is a holly tree…

Nonfiction

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In My Garden There is a Tree
In My Garden There is a Tree
Nonfiction

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Oct 6

Coming Up for Breath

Fresh perspectives are a bonus — Having spent my first 3 weeks on my university course, and working with new people, re-establishing a regular writing practice (albeit for university purposes), I am already beginning to make decisions, at least in my head, about where I want to take my writing, both within the course, and after…

Nonfiction

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Coming Up for Breath
Coming Up for Breath
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Sep 20

The Wide Blue Ocean

Contained within a BIC pen — Somewhere or another, I once wrote that I bow down in reverence to my blue BIC pen. To many, that may have seemed like a trivialisation of values to suggest that a blue BIC pen should hold such importance in my life, but it does. I would describe the physical…

Nonfiction

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The Wide Blue Ocean
The Wide Blue Ocean
Nonfiction

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Sep 17

Notes From Dispatches

‘Welcome Week’ — From tomorrow, I disappear down that rabbit hole known as university (again, as I join an MA programme in Creative Writing and Wellbeing), this time at the age of 65 years old). I have been wading through some of the bureaucracy in the last few weeks, signing my life away…

Nonfiction

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Notes From Dispatches
Notes From Dispatches
Nonfiction

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Sep 13

Generosity and Kindness

Creating contentment all around — A good friend of mine brought me some lovely fruit which comprised of pears bought at a slashed price from the bargain shelf in one of the supermarkets, apples left out on walls as spare from windfall and some delicious juicy oranges with lots of seeds, available from a car…

Nonfiction

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Generosity and Kindness
Generosity and Kindness
Nonfiction

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Sep 10

Getting It Right

And making it work well for you — You will have challenges in your life that you have to overcome, and it doesn’t matter if they are bigger or smaller than the challenges other people have to face. If it’s a challenge, it’s a challenge, and therefore requires some attention. Add to that the fact that there is…

Nonfiction

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Getting It Right
Getting It Right
Nonfiction

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Sep 6

Managing Energy

Incorporating all kinds of days — Kim Witten, PhD wrote a great article on Medium entitled “Stop Trying to Manage Your Time”, in which she gave us lots of alternatives to try-out. I particularly liked Dr Witten’s focus on managing energy rather than time, and her reminder that small actions can have a huge impact on…

Nonfiction

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Managing Energy
Managing Energy
Nonfiction

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Scottish - 1958 - Lives in Bristol, UK

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