March Already?
A mild Edinburgh day – I was able to wash the windows today without freezing to death – has made me realise that Spring is finally here. And yet is seems the last three months have flown by. My last...
View ArticleBanking on inertia
Don’t you just love banks? Not content with blackmailing our governments into bailing them out for their idiocy and incompetence then complaining because they are asked to pay some of it back since we...
View ArticleThe Rain in Madeira…
… blows directly off the Atlantic. (Hey you try finding something to rhyme with Madeira!) Back again to the island I visited this time last year, but it seems I’m not so lucky with the weather this...
View ArticleLooking forward to a new era
The last few months have been extremely busy, with few chances for posting on either this blog or any of my others. Aside from the SEO consultancy business which is a seven day a week job at this...
View ArticleA Difficult Week
On Wednesday last week my mum died at the age of 85, and a week later the funeral was held at Warriston Crematorium. The time in between was, as you may imagine, difficult. On behalf of Dad and I I’d...
View ArticleVoices of Angels – Judie Tzuke and her daughters
It’s been a trying few days, as you’ll see from the immediately preceding post, but on Sunday I had something to take my mind off things – something I’d been looking forward to for ages. Not one, not...
View ArticleEnergy saving lightbulbs
Is it just me or does anyone else think that energy saving light bulbs are a scam? Firstly there’s the equivalent ratings which are hopelessly optimistic and lead to you buying a second bulb cos the...
View ArticleTribute to Johnny Marr – a man who loved chess
Yesterday I heard that an old friend had died. I first met Johnny Marr when I was about 14, at the Edinburgh Chess Club which would be his second home for most of his life. A friendly affable man he...
View ArticleThe Spirit of Music
I’ve just been watching a documentary on BBC 4 called Troubadors, the name taken from the Los Angeles club of that name and largely centred around James Taylor and Carole King but also featuring other...
View ArticleReview of the last year
I started writing this in Amsterdam (sweltering in mid-summer heat) and just returned from 12 days in Slovenia before heading home. Having a chance to look at my various sites fro the first time for...
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