The Blog

  • Finding a voice…

    Finding a voice…

    If I were to dig out all of the old posts that used to be on this blog, you would find a distinct pattern emerging. It’s probably best described as extended periods of silence, punctuated by occasional short bursts of activity.  In fact, it got so bad at one point that I closed the whole

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  • A Little Bit of Glasgow

    A Little Bit of Glasgow

    While Glenda was enjoying an illustration Summer School at Glasgow School of Art, I got the chance to spend some time walking around Glasgow, visiting bookshops and music shops, looking at some of the wonderful architecture in the city centre and generally enjoying a little down time in one of my favourite cities.  (And I’m

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  • Music

    Music

    Ah, music hath charms to soothe a savage breast and if music be the food of love, give me excess of it! I can’t remember a time in my life when I didn’t love music. Even as a small child, I loved listening to music in some shape or form and tormented my parents with

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  • The important things…

    The important things…

    Anyone who has been watching my Twitter feed lately or reading Glenda’s blog or Facebook page will know that we’ve just been to Ireland.  One of the extra advantages of our new home here in Portpatrick is that we’re only about half an hour from the Cairnryan Ferry Terminal, from which you can hop on

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