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Voyages round my Father
I recently did something that I should have done years ago – went on holiday with my dad. Circumstances have been against us of course – my work (and at one point the lack of it) and his full-time...
View ArticleLetting go when you have to – looking after our old folk
I got the news this week that mum won’t be going home any more. Eight years ago she had a severe stroke and has been paralysed on one side and unable to speak ever since. She was already in poor health...
View ArticleThe further delights of Slovenia
I’m writing this on the last day of yet another fabulous holiday in Slovenia. Dad and I reprised our visit of last year, returning to Bohinj and Kobarid. The weather was very much in our favour as we...
View ArticleNew Beginnings
It’s been an eventful couple of weeks to put it mildly. A move of house, a change of habit, perhaps even a change of lifestyle. A second and this time final separation to end a marriage of 26 years. A...
View ArticleHave some Madeira M’Dear…
Am starting this blog entry on the way to Glasgow for the flight to Madeira. I’m greatly looking forward to it but in other ways I’m leaving with a heavy heart. We’ve only been in the new flat for...
View ArticleMarch Already?
A mild Edinburgh day – I was able to wash the windows today without freezing to death – has made me realise that Spring is finally here. And yet is seems the last three months have flown by. My last...
View ArticleA Difficult Week
On Wednesday last week my mum died at the age of 85, and a week later the funeral was held at Warriston Crematorium. The time in between was, as you may imagine, difficult. On behalf of Dad and I I’d...
View ArticleVideos of a Life in Music
This last week, in between my SEO work, I’ve been converting and editing some wonderful videos from the career of my dear friend John Sampson. John has spent his whole life playing virtuoso early...
View ArticleFamily Moves – and new visions
It’s been a rather busy week – the culmination of a busy few months. After two days in Carlisle tidying up the loose ends of my aunt Jean’s estate, we got back in time to send dad up to the hospital to...
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