Less is less

Reading time: 2 mins I remember when I moved into my current home. I was recently divorced and starting over, so I only had a few items of furniture and a few boxes of possessions, most of which was bound for kitchen cupboards or wardrobes. I’m never been a sentimental hoarder; we moved around a lot and got pretty…

Make your own

Reading time: 3 mins Originally written and posted on Uborka.   ‘Ssshhhhhhh, you’ll wake mum and Dad’ My sister was born when I was 7 and a half years old – back then that half was very important – so as her big brother it was my duty to induct her in the ways of Christmas. By then I…

Lengthless

Reading time: 2 mins I’ve posted about writing in the past, why I write, whether I should do more, and recently I’ve been thinking about taking thisĀ casual hobby a bit further. At the same time I’ve been focusing more on the things I post here which seems to have equated to longer posts. Not a bad thing but it…

Escape

Reading time: 3 mins I’m a bit of a daydreamer, I’ve always been prone to bouts of vivid imagination; childhood memories of numerous flights of fancy running through my head whilst I sat at my desk ignoring my homework. Watching the world through a rain soaked window I’d drift off time and time again. I wasn’t an only child,…

What value social media?

Reading time: 3 mins Future of personal social media Is personal (or perhaps personable) social media on the way out? I’ve been on… in… using… making… I’m not even sure which verb to use but that’s by the by… let me start again. I’ve been ā€˜involved’ with social media for a long time now, certainly longer than the term…

I voted

Reading time: 2 mins As ever there are many things I don’t blog about, politics is one of the main ones and given the fervour around the recent Scottish referendum I’ve been even more reticent to offer my views and thoughts. That said, despite some negativity (the idiots in George Square) there is a lot of good that should…