WEEKLY ADVENTURES IN LANGUAGE AND LIFE. Tuesday, 20 March 2012. A Few Kind Words have moved . To new and more salubrious quarters. Thursday, 15 March 2012. And then, of course, there was devolution. Donald Dewar was a much admired figure across the political spectrum, although his flagship legislation for the new Scottish parliament was causing some consternation outside the Central Belt.

Bewick, GNR and Burrell. Bee videos, bee talk. Drip Road did very well on Amazon, and was at the top of the Womens Poetry list and at times the Poetry List for a month on. Tormaukin and Drip Road are poems on the Scottish Highland in Winter and Summer. A Burrell Tapestry and a Marion Burrell Sampler. Poems from the story of Wm Burrell and his feud with his daughter.

In an announcement that shocked the literary world last night Mairi Sharratt. This leap in membership of the once unpopular and universally ignored club is mainly accredited to the fledgling poet Chris Emslie. And more established member Andrew Philip. What The Rejection Club is, and is not.

Learning through the night what she says and she says after the end of every day. Monday, August 29, 2011. When we tried to rework all of this. Painted ourselves in a corner. Lost for ideas blindly fishing. For a compliment or kindness. Just to bring us into view. But you could not interpret me and I could not interpret you. I remember that cold morning when the trees were black with birds. I tried to make out some connection. We were at a loss for words.