If you click on the image then it will take you to a page where you can print off a foldable version to stick on your mantelpiece I hope you...Read More
This morning I received this letter in the post with regard to my screenplay submission for a short film: Dear Kim Thank you for your applic...Read More
A couple of months ago I heard about an opportunity to submit a short film script and apply to join a pool for emerging talent in Scottish f...Read More
“Before you take your coat off, just nip across to the health food shop to get some eggs will you?” asked Maggie as Meg pushed her way past ...Read More
2 weeks to go so today the decorations are dug out of the shed, the tree goes up and the kids are allowed to stick on the CDs of festive son...Read More
For the past 40 days and 40 nights (give or take a day or 2) the weather really has been pretty lousy. Rain, wind, rain, downpours, more win...Read More
It was a dark and stormy night. I had finished attending a storytelling workshop, held in St John’s Town of Dalry, 17 miles North of Castle ...Read More
This is tasty soup. What is it? Leftovers soup. Yesterday’s soup? I thought we finished that. No, leftovers soup: soup made from the week’s ...Read More
Some of my regular readers will know that over the past 21 months, Maggie and I have made major changes to our eating habits resulting in a ...Read More
I was down in Chesterfield visiting my father over the weekend. The stinking cold that still hasn’t left my system yet, combined with the ev...Read More
Saturday 10.30pm - Been feeling steadily worse as the evening has progressed. We kept Meg off school yesterday because she had quite a nast...Read More
Dentists! The very word sends a shudder through the heart and teeth of most adults. It used to be about having to visit one, now it’s about ...Read More
It’s difficult to put into words just how much I despise the game of Rugby. I spent a large part of my childhood in Wales where everyone is ...Read More
There are times when you stumble across a news story and you fear for the future of the human race. This incident - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/...Read More
powered by ODEO With wee bits of advice and name calling (Jessie, Dr Maroon?) going on in the comments of my last post ( When do the Endorph...Read More
It’s quite amazing how much of an incline flat roads appear to have when you’re cycling. Roads I have driven on, even walked along, which I ...Read More
After putting it off and putting it off some more, Maggie and I finally got round to looking at our cash flow this morning – income vs expen...Read More
I received a letter today from the BBC – sent first class, no less. I got all excited. A few weeks ago I entered their BBC7 New Talent Searc...Read More
The clocks went back an hour during the wee hours of Sunday morning, releasing us from the promise of the long golden evenings of British Su...Read More
I am hung over. I have a headache from Hades and feel sick, queasy and generally bleargh. “It’s your own fault,” I hear you cry, “you should...Read More
They say that life begins at 40, yet statistically a certain number of people around the world must die on their 40th birthday, which must m...Read More
I’m aware that there have been a few blog posts of late that might have left some people wondering what happened next, so here are a few out...Read More
Am I in the midst of a mid-life crisis? Perhaps to everyone else it’s been obvious for years: I’ve changed my career, moved house and area,...Read More
“Brown rice, free-range eggs and muesli; do we need anything else from the health food shop? No? Ok, can you pass me an old carrier bag? No,...Read More
“Have you ever noticed that you’re never pleasantly surprised at a Little Chef ?” Maggie’s laughing at that slightly more than it deserves. ...Read More
We were in the supermarket yesterday when we saw a mother with 2 kids – one was about 18 months old and sitting in the trolley, while the ot...Read More
Dave and Beb are moving to Spain. On Monday I helped my Dave move a car load of stuff from his flat in Glasgow to his Mum’s shed not far fro...Read More
I was feeling a little nervous; class was about to begin; I looked up from my notes - a new person had materialised at the end of the table ...Read More
I watched a fascinating programme last night by Stephen Fry about BiPolar Disorder, or Manic Depression as it used to be known. Somehow I f...Read More
And there it is again. The hurt. It is a pressure in the chest, a gaping void in the stomach, a lump about to form at the back of the throat...Read More
My wife, Maggie, hasn’t often been mentioned on this site much beyond her extraordinary cooking skills and infinite patience. This is primar...Read More
5.34pm: I speed-stride through Glasgow Central Station – I refuse to attempt to run as it is so long since I last tried, my body has forgot...Read More
Last night we sat and watched “ March of the Penguins ” on DVD. Apart from some over-anthropomorphising it was quite spectacular, but it did...Read More