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How to give a compliment ~ part 1
One day @ and I were walking along Princes Street nattering to each other about this and that. I recall that I was trying to express my deep gratitude to both @ and the universe for him being in my life. He was being a little modest and saying things like "don't be silly", which may have been to do with the fact that he is modest, or it may have been to do with the fact that we were on Princes Street surrounded by one million confused tourists possibly recovering from what happens at one, or it ... read more
Barranca del Cobre Disaster
I have been thinking about my travels in response to the request for a post about my favourite city. I haven't decided on that one yet, but a particular day springs to mind that doesn't involve cities at all really.The day began in the middle of the night as I checked out of my hotel at 3:30am to clamber into a pre-booked taxi. My hotel was one of the indulgences of the trip - a night at the Plaza for $100. This was in direct contrast to the previous night with a bed in Guaymas at the Casa de ... read more
The Night I Met a Hollywood Legend
I found the poster! It's actually from "Blighty" magazine.Ink smudging courtesy of Mr Heston himself.I don't normally do celebrity commentary but this morning I've read the news that Charlton Heston died and I am remembering the evening I spent with him.It was Aberdeen in the late 80s and I went to His Majesty's Theatre with my Mum to see a touring production of A Man For All Seasons, Charlton Heston was The Star. The performance was excellent but what I remember most is that afterwards we went ... read more
Museum of Broken Relationships
Well I'm up and about early today ~ as usual the pre-6am-outdoor-shoe-clad-wanderings of the man upstairs on his laminate wood flooring have roused me unceremoniously from the land of nod. Often I wait it out until he leaves for work and then get some more kip, but today I am excited as I have a friend arriving from across the pond via Berlin! Yay! And my sister is sleeping on the sofa-bed :) Yesterday I had a mild moment of panic because despite all my clutter clearing, I still seemed ... read more
Butterfly Wings – Snippets From The Journey
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Pheasant Road Alyson's Orchard New Hampshire"][/caption]
This is the view behind Rochambeau Lodge, where we were staying. Alyson's Orchard, and the wonderful Bob, use a system called Integrated Crop Management - and walking around the orchard my sense was of a vibrant eco-system buzzing with life (as opposed to a clinical pesticide haven that might produce a tasteless tesco apple and all that ... read moreRetreat New Hampshire
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Sunset Lily's Pond Alyson's Orchard New Hampshire"][/caption] My apologies for taking so long to return proper! I've been trying to decide which bits of my trip I can write about and which bits I want to write about... plus it took me eight days to figure out that you cannot deny jetlag its' place in life... Anyway, I travelled across the sea to experience the delights of Bradley International Airport's International Arrivals ... read more
Adventures In Rubber
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="311" caption="Taexalia back in the day"][/caption] This is a picture of me when I was around 16 years old and going through my Lost Boys gypsy phase. Those were the sexiest boots I had ever owned and I wore them until they could not be worn any more. I broke one of the heels and had it fixed three or four times - it was never the same after the first time but I wobbled on thinking I was *it*. This was before the days of actual It Girls. It was ... read more
Begin
"If you don't risk anything, you risk more." Erica Jong On Friday I was prompted to remember something that happened to me several years ago. I remembered being half asleep as the Greyhound pulled into a bus station and, to my surprise, reading the word "Scotland" on the water tower. The place was Scotland Neck in North Carolina and I was on my way to Raleigh to meet a friend. I had just left Washington DC and I was in week three of what would become a four month adventure. Scotland Neck ... read more
Returning