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CONNECTION 19 August, Jeans Bothy. Today at the photography group, in Jeans Bothy, which I go to, far too rarely, we sat in a room in...

WELCOMING THE RAIN AT DAWN. Dash the dog is at my feet sleeping. He is the best sleeper I have ever met ! Beds, chairs, floors; it...

PRESSURE Today I woke to the rain on the window, feeling the odd splash on my cheeks because I had left it open to feel the breeze as I...

Society February 2023. Like ‘culture’; ‘society’ is a loaded word, It hangs over me with a heaviness I am not sure I want to look at....

Talking about mental health and mental ill health in the workplace Scottish enterprise workshop – may 2023 This very brief talk is about...

SOME OF MY WORK WITH THE MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION. Yesterday I got up before dawn, while everyone else in the house was sleeping, even...

Mental health – my interpretation I have things to say about mental health which are opinionated and open to challenge. First of all I...

THE LOOK!! Sometimes I notice people who seem just a little different; maybe an odd way of dressing, a home made hair cut, maybe just...

ANGER One of the Christmas spoilers is that at this time every year, my section is renewed. One year it just goes ahead unless I appeal...

INSIGHT SUPLANTED BY WALKS AMONG THE WINTER LEAVES. I remember a tree from this mornings walk; well I remember many trees but the one I...

WHY I COME TO JEANS BOTHY I have a terrible feeling that I come here because I am lonely. I am not lonely but at the same time I am...

In bed on a sunny day Blue sky!! If I lean back a bit and look up, there it is through the grime of my velux window. I can also see the...

OLIVES AND THE EXERCISE GYM I went into Liddle’s today and there I found padron peppers, much to my delight. Wendy teases me about things...

WHEN LIFE IS AT ITS WORST I would like somewhere calm and safe and silent mainly. I would like to sit in comfort with soft lighting with...

THE REVIEW INTO SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH LEGISLATION – and now breath!! A slightly more serious and slightly more work focussed blog than...

OBSESSION My obsession is grim and dirty; a secret I keep from myself. When , yesterday, I told my brother my partner does not...

HOW IT LOOMS AT ME FROM NEXT DOOR. I just ran out of space on google. I have no idea why I am on google drive and although I am glad my...

SHAPES THAT MAKE ME SMILE WHEN I AM HOME WITH DASH THE DOG! I went to the photography club at Jean’s Bothy today. The first chance in...

RESPONSIBILITY That word ‘responsibility’. I don’t like it. It is a sleekit curled up whisp of a word with so much that needs laid at its...

WELLBEING AND ME – A FUTURE WE MIGHT DREAM OF OCCASIONALLY. GRAHAM MORGAN For me good mental health is about connection and belonging...