2007 - Painting With Shadows

About Blogging Anniversaries and Celebrations

The Rambling Beard Awards 2007

. This being the time for reflection on the year past, I recoiled somewhat when I began to reflect on some of the crap we’ve had to deal wit...Read More

Week 139a - supplemental

. Belt... getting... tight... .Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Local

Festive wishes

. For several years now, in fact ever since I first got a copy of Photoshop, I've been one of those people who likes to create their own...Read More

Family Man Fatherhood

Rich and famous

. "When you're rich and famous, you can buy us one of those," I said to Rogan as we watched an episode of Top Gear reviewing ...Read More

CFS / ME Conversation snippets Mental and Physical Health

Where do we go from here?

. So what are my options then? Where do we go from here? Well I’m afraid we’re rather limited at the moment. There are a few things in devel...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Food

What is in the box?

When I was a kid, the idea of getting a letter or package addressed to me was a rare and wonderous thing. Despite the fact that it happened ...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Miscellaneous

Santa Released

. For millions of children worldwide, Christmas might not turn out to be the biggest disappointment of the year after all. It has been revea...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Appearance Family Man Viva La Photoshop

’Tis the season…

. I’ve yet to meet a single significantly overweight man I would ever use the word “jolly” to describe. And yet, because the man with the br...Read More

About Blogging CFS / ME Mental and Physical Health

Just 5 minutes...

. It’s time to write something for the blog But I’m tired Doesn’t matter. It’s been 4 days since I last put anything up, and no one’s commen...Read More

Family Man Fatherhood Food Philosophy

Cake and Philosophy

. Question 10. How can we know that the cake exists? a) Because the teacher tells us so b) Because there is a FORM of CAKE that exists i...Read More

Artists Family Man

Flow - An Exhibition of Textile and Mixed Media Art by Maggie Ayres

"Flow" is the 2nd solo exhibition of Maggie's, following on from " Beginnings " earlier this year in Castle Douglas....Read More

Family Man Who am I?

A little bit of Ayres family history

“Did he ever mention the idea of suicide?” asked the coroner. “All the time until I told him I was sick of hearing it,” replied Mrs Graham a...Read More

CFS / ME Mental and Physical Health

When the wizard turns out to be just a bloke wearing ordinary shoes

. One of the big problems with my whatever-it-is-that’s-wrong-with-me , is that I seem to be perfectly healthy in all other respects. My blo...Read More

CFS / ME Mental and Physical Health

We're off to see the Wizard...

. This evening I drive up to Peebles to stay overnight with my brother-in-law, so that my trip to Edinburgh to see The Specialist will be le...Read More

CFS / ME Mental and Physical Health

So...

. I am so tired of feeling tired; so weary or feeling weary; so exhausted of feeling exhausted. Maybe I'll feel better tomorrow .Read More

Mental and Physical Health

Just add hot water

. When you go for a coffee, right, and they give you a choice between your espresso, latte, americano etc, all they really do is make up an ...Read More

Echelon system now probably monitoring all my activities

Guilty of writing dodgy poetry

. Were you ever a Punk Rocker when you were younger? Headbanger? New Romantic? Hippy? Skinhead? Did you ever dye your hair an odd colour, or...Read More

Loadsa Visitas

. I was casually strolling down my blog and suddenly noticed that the Sitemeter stats had rather a lot of zeros in it. In fact, it said that...Read More

CFS / ME Mental and Physical Health

So tired...

. How is it possible to feel so tired and yet the body refuse to claim the amount of sleep it needs? You would have thought that if you’ve r...Read More

About Blogging Audio

Storytelling and, though not connected, awards

. The Storytellers Blog appears to be growing from strength to strength. There are now 11 stories up by 6 different narrators and 8 differe...Read More

Food Weight loss

Food, Glorious Food

. As a rule I try not to look back on aspects of my life with regret. There’s nothing I can do about things past; besides, whatever happened...Read More

Appearance Viva La Photoshop

On How to Manipulate Reality Using Photoshop

Take your average blogger. This one below is a typical example of the species and will serve nicely as a subject for this experiment Now get...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Who am I?

How Old?

41 today! Apparently life began last year… Unsurprisingly perhaps, I know a few people who passed their 40th birthday in the past year or so...Read More

Anniversaries and Celebrations Family Man Fatherhood Philosophy

Cogito Ergo Procrastinatum

This Thursday, aside from being my 41st birthday (I expect presents and will be taking note of those who fail to wish me felicitous returns)...Read More

Wild Haggis

When you’re 7 years old you know that if you could just stay awake for long enough, while pretending to be asleep, then on the night before ...Read More

The Storytellers Blog

Over the past couple of months, the majority of my posts have been about my mental and emotional struggles with food, depression and tiredne...Read More

Mental and Physical Health Trying to make sense of my existence in the universe Who am I?

Whose brain is it anyway?

. Bloody hell, this brain of mine just doesn’t shut up. I’d forgotten that, but now I have to find a way of getting used to it again. Over t...Read More

About Blogging Mental and Physical Health Reflections Trying to make sense of my existence in the universe

Self-Medication - The Results

One of the things I love about people is the sheer variety and diversity of opinions, outlook and coping mechanisms, and yet at the same tim...Read More

About Blogging Mental and Physical Health Reflections

What's Your Medication?

Life. Sometimes it sucks. Don't get me wrong, it's not all doom and gloom - there are some wonderful things about it, but sometimes ...Read More

Mental and Physical Health Who am I?

The Wrong Emotions

. Ah, Mr Ayres. Yes, do come in. Take a seat. Can I get you anything? A cup of tea perhaps? No? Ok, I’ll come straight to the point. I’m afr...Read More

Conversation snippets Philosophy

Who's the Philosopher?

"So how did your philosophy class go last night? " Brilliant! I was on a roll. They laughed, they learned, and they all intend to ...Read More

And suddenly the nerves hit.

It’s half an hour or so until I leave to teach the first class of a new Philosophy Adult Education Evening Course at the local Community Cen...Read More

Mental and Physical Health Who am I?

And then the sun came out

Perhaps I should have been clearer in my last post that when I refered to “normal”, what I really meant was “normal for me”. Perish the thou...Read More

Mental and Physical Health Who am I?

To feel normal again...

. What is normal? I’m not sure I really know anymore. Since the doctor upped the amitriptyline to 25mg instead of 10 a fortnight ago, I’ve n...Read More

About Blogging Anniversaries and Celebrations Appearance Family Man Fatherhood

Mish-mash

I'm off for a couple of days but wasn't sure what to post, so here's a wee selection of things I meant to write more about but h...Read More

Reflections Who am I?

What a guy!

I don’t always have much desire to praise my former self. In fact, if I’m honest I tend to find myself increasingly annoyed and pissed off a...Read More

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