Non-fiction

Cherry

Abomba*

Lovely to go visiting, but it’s wonderful to be home again. There is no bed like your own bed, and no place like home for fully embracing ‘ Dolce far...
Cherry

The Home of Golf

Sunday’s ‘free entry’ Historic Scotland visit was St. Andrews Castle (ruins). It overlooks the ‘German Sea’*, from which, drifts the sweetest-...

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On Friday, drove down to Paisley, near Glasgow, for a long weekend with family. I was born in Paisley, and went to Paisley Grammar School. My sister...
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Bus Pass On Finniston Farm [somewhere near Finnieston, Glasgow]

BPL was doing something called ‘visiting’. This seemed to involve BPL dining out for lunch and dinner, spending evenings in people’s homes, bringing...
Cherry

Experiences Not Stuff

Scottish Ballet are bringing ‘The Crucible’ to Aberdeen next April. Went online to book a ticket. Last time I went to the ballet, tickets for the...
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Bus Pass [and BPL] Go to Smuggler's Top [Deck]

BPL had a whole raft of reasons as to why she’d like to wring the former FM’s neck*. Wrecking Scotland, in BPL’s opinion, remained top of the list,...
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Don't Jinx It

Am wondering if Green Man is bringing good luck to my door. A weird thought. Can Green Man charm good luck? Have I just jinxed it? [knocks on wood]...
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Of Data, 'Memes,' and Dreams

As per usual, I've been giving a lot of thought to technology and the sciences, though I haven't been writing much for a period. But critical to...
Cherry

What it’s like to be dyslexic from personal experience

Academics and experts write reams about my condition but I believe I can offer a unique perspective as adult dyslexic adult myself, self advocacy is...
Cherry

Imprints

After the slightly harrowing, ‘Thursbitch’, have been reading Marc Chagall’s autobiography, ‘My Life’. Written over a century ago, yet I feel an...