Tag Archives: thoughts

Listen, it’s Summer…

Posted on 21 June 2018 by

Summer is in the sounds. Not in the date, although I have to go with the original and official one of today. Nor the long hours of sunshine, nor the heat they sweep through the stifling streets. Summer enters through … Continue reading →

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La Vie est Belle

Posted on 31 January 2018 by

As she runs downstairs, late as always, her perfume lingers on the landing then slowly makes its way under my door, floats across the room and seeps into my nostrils which are half asleep. They had determinedly been ignoring my … Continue reading →

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It’s time to anal-yse this

Posted on 25 January 2018 by

One of my colleagues recently told me that she thought I was ‘anal’. As a Scot, brought up in the sixties, this is not a word I’d readily use about myself, or anyone else for that matter – it has … Continue reading →

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Sweet Sunday

Posted on 26 November 2017 by

Fire’s on. TV’s on. Feet are up on the coffee table. The poor girl in ‘Don’t tell the Bride’ is going to hate what he’s preparing for her. And even if I am loving this moment there are still two … Continue reading →

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Thank the Saints

Posted on 1 November 2017 by

For once the Lord is not to be thanked today, over here in the land of baguettes and days off galore. Usually he’s the one giving us a mid-week Sunday here, a welcome Friday at home there, or a random … Continue reading →

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Tweaky tweak tweak

Posted on 25 October 2017 by

I’m going crazy over here. My eyeballs are jumping out of their sockets in befuzzled dismay. When will it ever stop? they are screaming. Give up on the flipping tweaking, woman. We can’t take it any more! There are several … Continue reading →

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In Memory

Posted on 21 October 2017 by

Exactly one year ago today my mother-in-law died alone in a stark hospital room near our home, after fighting hard for three months against an unknown, unnamed enemy. Nobody could tell us exactly what disease she was suffering from, but … Continue reading →

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Safranix

Posted on 28 August 2017 by

What exactly is this? A newly discovered planet? Cookery channel? Perfume with a yellow tinge? Justin Bieber’s latest album with an Indian sitar playing in the background? Asterix’s new dog? None of them (as far as I know anyway). It … Continue reading →

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Guest blogger: Juliet Nubel Young – Stronger than Me

Posted on 27 July 2017 by

Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
  Fate picked me up in my hometown of Glasgow many light years ago and since that day it has moved me around the dog-eared map which has gradually become my life.…

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Me, a Writer? Guest Blog Post By Juliet Nubel

Posted on 28 June 2017 by

Originally posted on Dan Alatorre:
Occasionally we turn the reins over to a friend of the blog so they can share their experience in writing – some good, some bad – for the benefit of others. Here’s Juliet. When Dan,…

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