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Whiter Shade of Pale

August 4, 2020August 7, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

Some summers are golden; they are tanned legs, they are parched yellow grass, they are sunshine dancing a path on the ocean. Other summers are filled with the primary energy of blue and green; they are endless azure skies into which runner beans curl and stretch, they are hedgerows heavy with honeysuckle, they are jewelled … Continue reading Whiter Shade of Pale

The Trouble With Reality

July 4, 2020August 20, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

‘That's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously.’ It’s a line from a song that’s trapped in my head, dancing around in there as I encourage its sentiment to take root. Back in the nineties an Irish band called An Emotional Fish had a hit song, ‘Celebrate’ and that’s what the line is … Continue reading The Trouble With Reality

A Little Bit of Heaven

September 21, 2019September 21, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

The earth is threatened with extinction and children and young people from all nations have been marching in their thousands to demand that those in power wake up and listen.  What they are doing is fantastic, worthy of attention, comment and action, but sometimes I need to bypass the anxiety-inducing issues and focus on what … Continue reading A Little Bit of Heaven

Possibility

August 23, 2018September 29, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

“When we lose that sense of the possible, we lose it fast.” Joan Didion, Blue Nights. I understand what she’s saying.  For me it’s like the tide coming in on a sandcastle: one minute it is standing firm and the next its foundations have been eaten away and down it goes in one a lurching collapse.  … Continue reading Possibility

It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

Holiday?  Did I say something about lying on a sun-lounger, drinking sangria and lazily soaking in the holiday sun?  I take it all back!  I have been mugged, mobbed and molested by my Spanish-Irish friend’s three children. Let me think: F. is a fearless eight year-old, S. is spirited and six, and A. is three, an … Continue reading It’s Always Ourselves We Find In The Sea

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I hope my online Edinburgh Press will, in time, hold a similar collection in words to that which is in my Edinburgh Press at home.  I will add to it as often as I can building a collection of memories and observations bubbling up from below, breaking the surface of my mind. I’ll send them out into the world where you can, if you want, share them. Welcome to My Edinburgh Press.

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