I’ve been tagged by Dr Maroon with a 7x7 meme, where you answer 7 lots of 7 questions about yourself, including listing 7 other people you’d...Read More
As we were leaving the supermarket this afternoon, a guy was collecting for charity with a tin which he rattled in front of everyone at the ...Read More
In the comments of my last post, I was asked to comment on a subject that has cropped up on another blog , about my attitude towards capital...Read More
Stress is something that affects us all in different ways, and we all have a variety of coping mechanisms (or not-coping mechanisms would pr...Read More
On my posting Father and Son , I received this comment: Anonymous said... what of the fathers who want to parent but are denied. does the ch...Read More
How quickly our ordered, peaceful lives can turn to complete chaos. My stepdaughter is staying with us with her two children, aged eight mon...Read More
2005 was a year of great change, again. The difference for us this time is that it was changes of our own making. We moved house, changed ou...Read More
Lying in my bed this morning, pondering the universe, I got to thinking about the fact that the whole Santa thing just doesn’t really work i...Read More
How did I get myself into this situation? Is it possible for a 10 year old not to know that Santa doesn’t exist? The problem is that I don’t...Read More
There was a time, between the ages of 20 and 25, when I used to regularly go to Dark Ages Re-enactment weekends six to eight times a year. F...Read More
Nearly 7 years ago, I was sitting in the bath when I had a Eureka moment. I had taught myself how to build a website for my first business a...Read More
A trip up to the Central Belt of Scotland is always a good excuse to go to the cinema, as the nearest one, in Dumfries, is so dire that I ha...Read More
Over the past few weeks I’ve been to two folk sessions in Castle Douglas, and one in Kirkcudbright, run by the same guy. At the last one, I ...Read More