This sound has a name, it’s Boy Three Ping, pop, growl and rumble. Tinkle, roar and bang. Scream. English is packed with excellent words for different kinds of noises. Yet, I’ve noticed there are some sounds so distinctive they deserve a word of their own. The fizzle a hot pan makes when the only place […]
18/365 When skies are blue…
Thinking about retirement – infographic
17/365 My city walk
I pass this way on one of my favourite regular walks. Once a fortnight, I hand the kids over to The Panther and walk away. Fast. As I march across the city, my head fills with plot twists, story ideas and the general thrilling possibilities that come from making things up. On a sharp frosty night, Glasgow […]
16/365 An ice face
15/365 A hairbrush bush
Today was my regular (ish) trip to the hairdresser. I came away with a haircut and some questions: How can there possibly so many different (expensive) substances to glue your hair? How can something be both blow dried and finger dried? Why is the music so loud? Why do you insist in painting bits of […]
14/365 Snow, what snow?
In search of a healthy eating plan
Little chef helps out So you are what you eat, apparently. Well not literally – I don’t eat knackered-looking overweight middle-aged women. On the other hand, if yesterday was anything to go by I’m oatcakes and cream cheese with leftover salmon, nuts, broth, a sneaky bit of cheese, a couple of apples, sausages and mash, […]