Painting With Shadows

Mental and Physical Health Who am I?

Giving Up Smoking - Part 2

I was at the folk session in Corsock last night - the first since the new smoking ban was introduced across Scotland. As well as being an en...Read More

Mental and Physical Health Who am I?

Giving up Smoking – Part One

The new ban on smoking in public places came into force in Scotland on Sunday. In my view this is a damn good idea: I don’t see why I, my w...Read More

Family Man Fatherhood

Proud Father on Mother’s Day

This is one of those posts where as a father I am about to wax lyrical about my offspring. It’s the kind of entry which mothers will read an...Read More

Thanks for the Memory

I’m enjoying a wee smug moment just now. Before Xmas, I went on a course to train as an Adult Literacies volunteer tutor, which means I’m n...Read More

Food Weight loss

The Perfect Diet

I have finally conceived of the perfect diet. It's simple, it's easy to remember, it requires no charts, calculations or complex poi...Read More

Trying to make sense of my existence in the universe

Rewarded for what, exactly?

Amazingly, this posting is my 100th. I would guess that there are very few, if any, who have read every one. My ego, of course, likes to thi...Read More

Family Man Local

Snow has arrived in Castle Douglas!

At long last, snow has finally arrived in Castle Douglas. Just before heading for bed I noticed that it was beginning to fall and settle, bu...Read More

Family Man Who am I?

Family Tree

I’ve been trying to trace my family tree. I don’t have roots. I don’t have a hometown that I can return to that has loads of my relatives ki...Read More

Where’s the Snow?

Snow storms have been sweeping the country , apparently, but there is not a flake to be seen anywhere in the few square miles surrounding my...Read More

Suicide

Last night, just doing an e-mail check before heading for bed, I took a quick look at Vaporise Barney’s blog site and found a post where he ...Read More

Bruce's Stone

Robert The Bruce looms as one of the most famous Kings in Scottish History, primarily because he led one of the more successful rebellions ...Read More

Mental and Physical Health

Bleargh!

I’m feeling low and flat and weary and grumpy and I’m having trouble shaking it off. It’s February. The weather’s miserable. There are yucky...Read More

Family Man Trying to make sense of my existence in the universe

Mum's ashes

I've disabled the comments on this post, as I don't think it's something I really want to get into a discussion about. I just wa...Read More

Meeting Dr Maroon

As I sat in the bar of the hotel waiting for Dr Maroon, I realised I was actually feeling a bit nervous. Would he find the place; would he c...Read More

Calvin & Hobbes

Click on the image for a larger (readable) version I always had a soft spot for Calvin and Hobbes , and rummaging through folders on my comp...Read More

A Cynical Romantic

Valentine’s Day is here. In our house, however, it hasn’t been celebrated for 9 years, because my daughter, Meg, was born on this day, 8 yea...Read More

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