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Goatie 20
‘What’s the matter with you?’ she said when she came back. ‘You look a bit jumpy?’ ‘Nae wonder, that was fucking weird.’ I was lying in bed, with the...
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Goatie 19
Reverend Souttar had the soft shuffle of a sleepwalker. Code Blue had come and gone. Droopy Eyes took his arm and helped him sit down on the edge of...
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Goatie 18
Pushing the panic button, meant code blue. Never my favourite colour. Prison guards alerted all over the prison. Tumbling into the medic’s room as if...
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Goatie 17
Graham Greene,’ she said. ‘He’s one of you, too.’ ‘I thought yeh said, yeh didnae know if I hud epilepsy,’ I replied. ‘Noo, yer piling famous guys on...
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Goatie 16
Boner reminded me, Vic was a great believer in you wouldn’t wish it on your worst enemy. It could even happen to a friend, or someone not coming up...
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handshaking etiquette was
Posted on Sun, 13 Oct 2024
handshaking etiquette was always a toughie and turned into handwringing techniques to master the truly awful. How we long for the simpler time when my da could punch the gaffer on a Friday and start a new job on the Monday. Not Linden. Fuck em....
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Bus Pass knows best. A sad
Posted on Wed, 16 Oct 2024
Bus Pass knows best. A sad but simple truth.
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I enjoyed reading the Outrun.
Posted on Sat, 12 Oct 2024
I enjoyed reading the Outrun. Now it's a film, I'd quite like to watch. I think we've all gotten into the house, just ahead of the wind and rain and thanked whatever god we didn't believe in.
Read full commentPosted in Who Needs Orkney Anyway
one of the lads..or lassies.
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
one of the lads..or lassies. Getting a gaffer's job was seen as moving up and moving out. A bit like getting married.
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I'd think Spellbound, which
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
I'd think Spellbound, which published Beastie, would consider it and would publish it. But you'd have to wait at least a year for publcation and perhaps longer. You'd face the same problem we all do. Writing the book is the easy part. Selling...
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - A day out
good health, indeed. And
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
good health, indeed. And great writing.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - A day out
It's a wonderful take on
Posted on Fri, 11 Oct 2024
It's a wonderful take on something sad and happy at the same time.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Mother's Day
reading is my main habit. I
Posted on Wed, 09 Oct 2024
reading is my main habit. I spend too much time reading to track it. But I'm aware of my excess.
Read full commentPosted in Habit Tracking - It's a Thing
nothing much is perfect, but
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2024
nothing much is perfect, but if it means a lot it should be treated with lots of consideration.
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The Crow Road novel and TV
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
The Crow Road novel and TV series.
Read full commentPosted in Many Ways with Squash
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