Clearing Out

Reading time: 4 mins I’ve been a bit more active on social media recently, mostly as a way to share thoughts as I go through a variety of processes that all kinda suck but all need done, you know the type, all the adulting paperwork stuff that you just plough through because you have to. The current focus, and […]

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Reading time: 3 mins I’m old enough to have acquired some wisdom along the way, or at the very least some life experience, to know that life won’t always be completely shit. When I was younger I used to think my life was kinda shit. Like all young adults I had dreams and aspirations, which of course all stemmed […]

Church Life

Reading time: 3 mins Moving back to my hometown last year brought many memories with it, but few have been stronger than walking past the church I used to attend both through Sunday School and, for most my childhood, as a member of 1st Dumbarton Boys Brigade (BB). I can still picture the halls behind the church used for […]

Busy busy

Reading time: 3 mins I’m almost approaching my first year at Allied Vehicles and I’m busier than ever but, looking back I can see how far things have come since I joined. It’s a very small team, in a very fast paced environment and a lot of what I’m trying to do is help mature our own processes. With […]

Open the mic

Reading time: 2 mins This is my first timeAt one of theseand I find myself willing, hopingthat it won’t be shitno withering on the vine But it will be shitsay the voices in my headloudly spokenfilling me with dread Stop looking at me, but please side eye me your approval slide it along the floorso I may stoopand bowing, […]

Forever writing my song

Reading time: 3 mins In another life I am a songwriter, likely a piano based performer of my own songs, or perhaps a conductor of a small orchestra. Some of the songs I write are upbeat, proclaiming a love of life, the beauty of a moment stolen, the quiet joy of a tiny yellow flower breathing life into a […]