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Save Those Letters

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

Why we should keep old letters...

Avert Your Eyes

December 19, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 3 Comments

According to an Ipsos-MORI poll, a large majority of people (79%) think that there is more swearing on television now than ten years ago.  And here’s another poll-generated statistic: only 55% of people trust civil servants to tell the truth.  I generally skim over such statistics, for, when I read claims about the pulse of … Continue reading Avert Your Eyes

Nostalgia

September 8, 2018September 29, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ Leave a comment

I wonder about the point of writing letters to one’s younger self. Have you come across it?  This fad of passing advice backwards down the years; bestowing the benefits of hindsight to the younger you, to the he or she who no longer exists?  I came across a selection of snappy one-liners from a broadsheet newspaper … Continue reading Nostalgia

Linked Together

June 20, 2018 ~ myedinburghpress ~ 16 Comments

It’s year two of living alone, for the first time in 10 years or so.  I had no nervousness about it.  Not from the point of view of feeling vulnerable, or frightened by things that go bump in the night.  Being on my own in a house has never bothered me.  The main thing that … Continue reading Linked Together

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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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