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LOSS; THE GUILTY STING I watched a film about grief just now, not a very good film but I was glad to see it and to see the rifts that...

THE FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING Some time ago (Though still in the last few days.) we entered spring time. I am not sure when, but I heard it...

WEATHER Today, being optimistic, I set off for my dog walk with my long grey cashmere coat on. We have a tradition that every Christmas...

FEBRUARY RAINS Driving home the sky was dark; blue black with cloud but with an amber snowy tinge. There was a mist of water rising from...

FACES IN PLACES The fisherman greeted me on the path while Dash the dog shrank out of the way of him, as he does with strangely dressed...

COLOUR Today the world was mono chrome. I had got up early to get Dash the dog ready for his day out and, while I waited, watched the...

FAVOURITE PLACES I am not too sure that I have a favourite place but I do have many favourite places; some of which are characterised by...

LOOKING FOR THE LIGHT This is such a tense title for me. At certain times in my life I have sought light; I might be walking, exhausted,...

LITTLE GIFTS FOR YOURSELF. This is the title of the latest set of photographs we are meant to be taking for the Jeans Bothy Photography...

This week I did something wrong This week I did something wrong. I didn’t know it was wrong; all I did was critique something, but I did...

POSSIBILITIES The night after Wendy’s birthday I dreamt I was the devil. It is strange that I haven’t before, as it is such a feature of...

HOLDING HANDS IN THE PARK The velux windows are so dirty that you can’t really see through them anymore. They are also covered in...

STORM ARWEN A branch fell on the path besides us in the storm a few days ago; Dash the dog leapt in alarm; ran the length of his lead and...

WISH That word: it is soft, wispy. I can still imagine a wish being the fluff of dandelion blossom; drifting in the wind on the slightest...

TAKING FLIGHT. It is evening, the rooks are just dying down from their busyness and settling in the trees. Dash the dog has stopped being...

COMMITTEE ROOM NO 9. “And don’t get back on” Shouted the ticket man at the two teenage girls who he had just chucked off the train for...

Evening A few hours ago I was hot; hot and bothered and not particularly nice to be around. My sister had wanted to meet up in Glasgow...

LESSONS FROM MY HOLIDAYS My very best moment of my five day holiday, from which I have just returned, was walking along the Cromarty...

TIME FOR THE FAMILY 2016 At 5.57 I turn off the alarm on my phone before it goes off. At 6.00 I get into my dressing gown, put the coffee...

LIVING WITH PRIVILEGE I got involved in a discussion about privilege on twitter a few weeks ago. I have no idea why, it is rare that I...