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My week in Pictures

July 10, 2016

“with a good character, a sound mind….and an honourable ambition you will deserve success, and, by God’s grace, we trust you will attain it” Lovely! … More My week in Pictures

It’s the end of a busy week. One day I’ll be a stay at home paid writer but alas not yet so I’ve had little time to write but I managed to capture a few moments through the week. Wednesday saw some incredible skies and made the walk down the road to collect the recycling boxes … More My Week in Pictures

My Week in Pictures

June 12, 2016

This week I spent an almost three hour session in the Apple store. Brilliant staff helped set me up with some new products I had bought with a business grant I’d been awarded through Business Gateway. A few weeks ago I wrote a business plan and submitted it with my application and when I had the … More My Week in Pictures

Keep going, never give up

May 18, 2016

I decided to bake a cake today which was more complicated than the chuck it all in approach that I usually favour. It involved chopping up and cooking fruit, blending it, separating several eggs, whisking in separate bowls, folding it all in, baking in the oven blah, blah, blah. Anyway after going to all that … More Keep going, never give up

‘Leaving’ a short story about life.

May 13, 2016

I as you may remember a couple of weeks ago in my blog It’s never too late to start, I was delighted to have a piece printed in Living Orkney magazine. Many of my non Orkney friends were keen to read it as they can’t get hold of a copy. So here is my short piece … More ‘Leaving’ a short story about life.

It’s never too late to start

April 30, 2016

Moments like the one I had today don’t happen very often. It was a dream come true moment, a long waited for moment, a never say never moment, a never give up moment, a never too late to start moment, and an I hope I get a lot more moments like this moment moment. It was … More It’s never too late to start

My week in pictures

April 10, 2016

“Is this going to end up on the blog?” I can honestly say this is one of my most frequently asked questions these days. It’s great because it shows people are reading it and for those occasions when I have a crisis of confidence and wonder what in the heck I’m doing there is always … More My week in pictures

Success comes to those who will and dare

April 7, 2016

I’ve been missing out. Recently I missed out when on J.K. Rowling when she came to visit Orkney Library (see here ); Dawn French playing the part of me in the film about me when my blog becomes a book and my book becomes a film. I asked her on Twitter, twice, and she didn’t reply. (Wise woman) and … More Success comes to those who will and dare

What’s on your bucket list?

April 5, 2016

‘Follow your dreams my wife’ ‘Cool, I dreamt I ate a whole cheesecake. Off to follow that dream’ Orkney Beef doesn’t really go in for all that inspirational one liners guff so it was pretty funny to get that text from him this morning and I couldn’t resist the reply. Apologies for the typo and poor … More What’s on your bucket list?

I’m ready for my close up.

April 4, 2016

‘Can you take the photo standing on a step ladder for a good angle? Use a good filter and hide all my chins?’ ‘I tend to assume that for everybody, but you’d be amazed at what good lighting and a good camera can produce’ Yeah Dave but there are limits to what a fancy camera and pop … More I’m ready for my close up.