In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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Disc-y business

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Dear DaveThanks very much for your nice letter last week.I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble finding things. I know the feeling, I’ve absolutely no idea where I put the Christmas tree base when I put it away in January. Still it was nice of you to let me know, especially as you seem so […]

Dressing down

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Hot foot from Stobo where sister, mother and I had some high-quality, quality time.And what a fabulous place it is – all hushed tones and proper pampering. Park your brain at the door and just enjoy having your chi unbunged, your lymphatic system flushed and your chakras aligned – not to mention having your wrinkles […]

The Song’s End

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I happened to catch Women’s Hour last week and found Libby Purves talking about a book she has published with her journalist husband Paul Heiney.It’s called The Silence at the Song’s End and it is a collection of the poems, essays and diaries of their son Nick Heiney. Nick committed suicide last June aged just […]

Cheer we go again

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Not looking left or right and not listening. Naah naah naah can’t hear you. Stop asking if I’m all ready for Christmas – I’m not. Stop sending me emails, letters and catalogues telling me what I absolutely can’t do without this festive season – I can. Stop telling me how many shopping days there are […]

Aim for the strop

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I know it’s been a while and I haven’t delivered my verdict on Gorgeous Gordon. There has to be a reason for the delay – either I’m so overcome by his carisma that I’m still fanning myself gently with the outer leaves of some obscure type of lettuce or… whatever the alternative is.We pitched up […]

clouds and silver linings

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Sigh. Groan.Sigh.“I’m depressed.”“What’s up?”“Liverpool lost/ interest rates have gone up/ my party dress doesn’t fit any more/ I’ve got grey hair/ SNP can’t afford their promises/ it’s nearly Christmas/ Scotland are playing international football soon/ the Spice Girls are reuniting/ Ulrika’s up the duff again. Never mind, let’s have another gin.”It happens quite often – […]

Stuff and nonsense

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Hands up anyone who actually has space to keep their car in the garage. OK, I know there some, but you probably have a really really big garage and all the space where the cars aren’t is packed to the rafters. So, where does it all come from?In the past few months of all the […]