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Words have not got I
My head is super entangled right now, work, family concerns, big band gig, weather preventing me from getting home last night, came home tonight to at least five phone calls one after the other, all from people to whom I wanted to speak, so there was a lot of stuff to record. Birds. The magpies…
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Have not got the words
..unusual for me to be dumbstruck (if you know me) but… I’m listening to the new Kate Bush Album, a rework of some tracks from her albums The Sensual World, and The Red Shoes. [The Director’s Cut] She’s about the same age as me. If I could revisit some past works and inject them with…
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E=MC something
Last night we went to see Uncaged Monkeys at the EICC, and I can now advise that there is a very good reason why Brian Cox is a Professor – he really understands all that quantum physics stuff and is well dead brainy likesy. The evening was augmented by Robin Ince, Simon Singh and Ben…
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Creaky
Jings, am afflicted with high up back pain this morning, this has been encroaching for some days now, once I can actually get dressed I will have to try some stretches. The SNP has taken over Scotland, interesting times ahead as Salmond now has a mandate with which to stand up to Cameron. He’ll need…
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29 April 2011
We decided to celebrate the Royal Wedding by going up the road to Vane Farm. From Findatie we walked round to the hide on the eastern shore of Loch Leven. Met quite a few dogs and saw the usual suspects out on the water, mallard, teal, shoveller & tufties. There were robin chicks on the…
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No happy
After a gorgeous week ambling around Perthshire I was brought back down to earth quite sharply, firstly Ali & I attended the funeral of an old family friend, Howard Williams. Howard was a gentleman of quiet courage and will be missed. These events always bring on a very contradictory set of emotions, deep sadness at…
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BA 8
Just back from Blair Atholl, yet another wonderful weekend with Yard of Ale, On the Wagon, After 8 Mince and the Lilting Tilters. Most of DBFC pitched up on Friday night, and enjoyed a grand meal followed by many hours of music, laughter and insults. On Saturday, after exchanging some wake up jokes at breakfast,…
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Cooking the books
Finally made the chocolate beetroot cake last night and I would think that if you were in a particularly fried frame of mind it would prove a wonderful release, since it does leave the kitchen reminiscent of a Schlesinger gore fest. Went to Andrew Carnegie’s birthplace museum yesterday, it’s in Dunfy. It’s certainly a well…
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Nick’s 21st
We were excited and delighted to be invited. Sir Nicholas asked us to attend as adults who would lend a certain amount of gravitas to the proceedings. There goes my rock n roll rep then. We were entertained with a beautiful meal and many heartfelt speeches.
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Bend It
So, I’m back home from Pilates, having done more with my intercostal and abdominal muscles in 1 hour than in the previous 336, including band practice last night, and I am just looking ahead to what the weekend will bring. As ever, detail will be in retrospect, but it’s shaping up to be a busy…