Distancing #5: More links for weekend reading
All of this series, words from life under lockdown, can be found via this link. After a week of work — which involves creating content about the coronavirus for about 7 hours a day, which as you’ve guessed doesn’t provide much opportunity from switching off from the situation we currently find ourselves in — one of the weekend’s simplest pleasures is sitting in the kitchen … Continue reading Distancing #5: More links for weekend reading
Distancing #4: When change is not a choice
Notes from journal entries penned at the end of March, edited and shared as part of a new series called Distancing. Read them all via this link. How has life changed for you in the last month? I barely recognise mine. Rewind and it’s the end of February, moving into March. I’m tallying up almost a dozen train journeys a week around Scotland’s central belt, having … Continue reading Distancing #4: When change is not a choice
Distancing #3: Little links for morning reading
Most weekends, even now, my mornings look like this: I get up, incredibly slowly, and get excited if there’s even the smallest sliver of sunshine sneaking through the blind. I set up my laptop, book, journal and pens on the kitchen table. I make toast and a coffee (which is always in my favourite white-and-beige Crail Pottery cup. Making sure I take the time to … Continue reading Distancing #3: Little links for morning reading
Distancing #1: Losing my job and abandoning anxiety
We are all navigating a ‘new normal’. Like many, I don’t know how to process it — I can only write. Writing has always been cathartic for me, and so I am going to share a new series called Distancing. These blogs will be short notes, mostly taken from journal entries, and shared here. I hope you’re all taking care and following government guidelines. The last time I blogged … Continue reading Distancing #1: Losing my job and abandoning anxiety
Welcoming 2020 with a few favourite walks — plus thoughts on the last year
It’s been a long time since I’ve typed anything for this little space of mine on the ever-expanding internet. The thought of writing solely for sharing online is something I seem to be stepping back from, little by little, as the years go by, so instead below are some notes from my journal. I think editing words that were originally written just for me in … Continue reading Welcoming 2020 with a few favourite walks — plus thoughts on the last year
Five Ferries: 24 hours on the Isle of Bute
AD: This trip was sponsored by West Coast Waters, a campaign to celebrate Scotland’s diverse west coast ahead of VisitScotland’s Year of Coasts and Waters (#YCW2020). Having grown up and spent almost all of my childhood holidays on the west coast, I’m excited to share more of this part of Scotland with you. After disembarking from the short ferry journey from Colintraive on the Cowal … Continue reading Five Ferries: 24 hours on the Isle of Bute
