Weighing up the weather odds: Scotland v Florida
Outside the rain was — just for a refreshing change — lashing against the windows of the Dundee restaurant. Inside, one of my dinner companions was reminding the rest of us why he now lives not in Scotland but in Florida. In Florida, he wakes up pretty much every...
Now you see it, now you don’t — is this the loch in Loch of Liff?
I’d never paid any attention to the sign pointing to Loch of Liff. In fact, I suspect I hadn’t even noticed it until the day Molly and I found the landscape had changed on our usual Backmuir Wood route. This was in the aftermath of Storm Babet, the one that swept...
A forgotten thread to a woodland corner
There is this particular spot that always makes me smile, every time Molly and I explore a small (by Scottish standards) but gorgeous patch of mostly fairly ancient woodland a short drive from our front door. The particular spot is Millennium Corner, purchased by the...
I’m finally back Making Waves — with a fresh twist!
I’m back, and I’m giving Making Waves a makeover by adding an extra dimension to my writing. Still telling stories, still asking (often awkward) questions, still sometimes finding the answers, but now spelling out what — as a result of the experience — I am grateful...
When stuff to do just never quite gets done…
And here we go — Day 1 of Megan Macedo’s annual writing challenge which I am this year joining for the fifth time. As ever, a group of writers from across the world gets together to turn the prompts Megan gives us every day into something coherent enough to put...Where I am Making Waves…
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