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Encounter

October 21, 2021May 24, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

I knew when he set the copy of Good Housekeeping magazine to one side that he had been waiting for me. Not me specifically, but a version of me; someone on their own who would speak and not shrug; someone who would agree with him that it was a day for indoors; someone who thought … Continue reading Encounter

Save Those Letters

June 20, 2021July 9, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

Why we should keep old letters...

Finding My Way

April 18, 2021July 5, 2021 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 1 Comment

I recently came across the dictation function on my computer, a find that, initially, gave rise to much excitement. My excitement was dashed, however, when I set about using it and realised it was hard of hearing. What other reason could there be for how appallingly it transcribed my flowing, spoken words? My rolling Northern Irish accent … Continue reading Finding My Way

While There Is Still Time

September 17, 2020May 24, 2022 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

I am in the Post Office sending parcels, there are two hatches but she says – go to go his, I am sorting something, and as he serves me she speaks sharply to him, saying that he has labelled these boxes incorrectly and has placed a bag where she is bound to trip over it, … Continue reading While There Is Still Time

Are You On My Wavelength?

August 31, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

Elon Musk has implanted a chip into the brain of a pig. I found the story compelling when I read about it over the weekend. It’s another of his pioneering experiments, this time with a view to having us control phones or computers with our minds sometime in the future. Sounds supernatural, magic, mad! But … Continue reading Are You On My Wavelength?

Maundering On

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

There is a character in the comedy series Derry Girls called Uncle Colm who, as they might say in Derry, is wild fond of the sound of his own voice.  You see, Uncle Colm maunders on.  He rattles away, talking in that aimless, vague, drifting manner that begets a maunderer.  Not that Uncle Colm is … Continue reading Maundering On

Expectation

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

There are those who support the idea that over use of social media piles more pressure on the already high expectations that young people have for themselves.  All those insta-snap-tweet-shares they do; the pouts, the poses and plates of perfect food, all awaiting validation via a thumbs-up, a wink, an emoji-heart.  Surely it’s not good … Continue reading Expectation

Wondering

September 30, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

I was at a writing workshop on Saturday.  We had to shuffle on and button up the coat of a character we were writing about, inhabit them and get close, try to see life as they did, think and feel the way they would have.  For some writers the coat was made to measure, it … Continue reading Wondering

I Don’t Want Pity

September 14, 2019June 8, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

‘The thing I dread most, far more than the gossip – and God knows, I really don't like gossip – is the pity.  The thought of people feeling sorry for me is too much.  My worst nightmare is others holding a pity party on the coat tails of my misfortune.’ It had been a long time … Continue reading I Don’t Want Pity

They’re Human Too

March 19, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

People are everything in life.  Our relationships, how we communicate, what we understand (and misunderstand) about each other - people make up the essential fabric of our lives.  They have the capacity to cause us the greatest headache or the greatest joy, and such extremes of emotion can often be triggered by the same person.  … Continue reading They’re Human Too

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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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