The horror!

A couple of nights ago I noticed an ache in the back of my thumb. By the morning it had spread through fingers, up the forearm, was agony to try to hold anything and I could hardly move my hand at all. Changing gears on the way to work was real fun. Friends suggested all kinds of problems [...]

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The end of the Olympics

I reach my 40th in a few weeks and I have to finally admit that it will never be me on an Olympic podium. Not that I ever really thought it would be me (or attempted to make it me), but the occasional daydream was nice, once every four years. And that’s one difference between [...]

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Pride

Zebra Boy is ten today. TEN! When did that happen?
And he said “Thank you for Trouble on the Tracks”. Without prompting. Spontaneously. Because he wanted to.
Maybe you need a child who doesn’t communicate much to appreciate how momentous that is. For the first time in ten years he actually asked for a particular gift for [...]

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Butterstone

It took us a while to travel up to the Black Isle. Firstly, we decided to take a detour into Perthshire (which really is stunningly beautiful) to see Butterstone, homebase of Dougie MacLean. Dougie is one our favourite artists, not so much a songwriter as a storyteller in music. 
We discovered Dougie for the first time in the [...]

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Two whole weeks!

Back from a week in the Black Isle. Beautiful cottage (desperately in need of some TLC), loads to see and do. Still got this week off and anxious not to waste it, but today we’re all exhausted, so we’re staying close to home and I’m going to catch up on some writing about last week. 
We went [...]

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