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Never Been Gone

July 10, 2020July 11, 2020 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 2 Comments

Slow travel: there’s a lot to be said for it, taking one’s time to get from there to here so that your head and your heart can keep pace with your body; so that the emotional you and the physical you arrive as one to your destination. My first stop is on the other side … Continue reading Never Been Gone

I’ve Got The Measure of You

October 18, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 5 Comments

It’s a great phrase, ‘I’ve got the measure of you’.  And it’s a marvellous idea too; being able to stand back and assess someone - head to toe - with the professional eye of a Savile Row tailor, and come up with the formula as to what makes them tick.  Instead of inside leg, waist, … Continue reading I’ve Got The Measure of You

I May, I Might, I Must

December 7, 2018May 21, 2019 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

Choice: it is, perhaps, the single, most important determinant in how our lives turn out; in how we plough a furrow through this world.  Yes, some people, often through fate of birth, are born to a life of enhanced opportunity with an array of choices before them, whilst others are born into a ready-made obstacle … Continue reading I May, I Might, I Must

Heart Rules The Head

November 7, 2018November 7, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

When the wind blows for days on end it can be hard to remember what a calm day ever felt like.  When you are on long-haul flight you quickly become accustomed to the roar of the engines and it’s only when you land, and the aircraft is powered down, that you realise your earphones were … Continue reading Heart Rules The Head

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