Tag: time
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52and40/34 Passing Place
My nephew moved in with us a few months ago, all the way from a Pyrenean idyll in the south of France. It’s really interesting seeing someone discover Edinburgh, it reminds me of all the compromises we’ve made along the way as well as the rewards of the move. It’s also interesting living with a…
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52and40/33 Feel The Burn
How is it October? And 2017? And, bloody hell, I’m 41. Anxiety’s a tide inside my flesh. What if I don’t have time to do it all, whatever else ‘it’ might be? Then, eight hours later, zen. My five nights on Raasay were wonderful. Even the fall into a wide burn as if it were…
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So Many Mugs, So Little Time
I’ve been a whirling dervish of clearing productivity. I’ve been thinking of the future and where we might be in five years time when, in all likelihood, the kids will be doing a lot more of their own things and none of us will need to live near school anymore. I’ve also been thinking about…
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Take A Seat
My Mum’s best friend phoned at the start of the week and we had a fantastic chat about self-esteem, conflicting truths and lessons learned. At the end of the call I said a too dramatic thank you. I gushingly told her she was wonderful and amazing. True to form she answered firstly with a considering…
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52and39/40 The Road Less Travelled
I drove to Hawick, last Friday. I suddenly had an afternoon on my hands and the weather was unseasonably brilliant. So I pointed the car at a road I haven’t driven before. I took the A68 for most of the way, wanting to stop and take photos every ten seconds, such is the beauty. Scotland in the…