Showing posts with label the past. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the past. Show all posts
Monday, February 23, 2015

Another birthday, more memories ...

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Another week, another rush of birthday memories. My second son was born on a bleak February day 37 years ago, exactly 4 years and one week a...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

I voted YES because ...

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By the time I have finished writing this post, the polls will have closed. In fact, I shall shortly stop writing so that I can watch th...
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Reflections on a life-long process

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A discussion this afternoon as we walked down the Bishop's Glen under a miraculously cleared sky had me thinking. Not, on this occasion,...
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Climbing through the past

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Familiar stair Originally uploaded by goforchris . Well, that was fun. Two hours spent in a building that seemed (predictably) to hav...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Time travelling today ...

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Today I'm going to visit the school this grinning child attended: Hillhead Primary School in Glasgow. (And if you follow me on Twitter y...
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010

Ghosts of winters past

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Pretty, innit? Snow on Newhaven Harbour, with the Forth Bridges in the distance. A good cue to get me started, as the Forth Road Bridge was ...
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Friday, May 21, 2010

New poem on Orkney

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I've written a new poem, based on my experience in Orkney. I know I need to read and study some more poetry - there's a bit of a des...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

Worshipping teachers (not teachers worshipping!)

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I found myself reading an account by Robert Service of his schooldays (In A Hillhead Album , if you're interested) in which he told of ...
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Thursday, December 03, 2009

Sounds of the past

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It is often said that smells are among the most evocative stimuli, but as I languished in what might well turn out to be the embrace of swin...
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