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Protected: Carolyn Lincoln’s old family photographs
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We are National Collective!
Artist and writer Clare Galloway drew my attention to National Collective‘s fun initiative, to get artists and creative types who support Scottish independence to submit photographs of themselves (or images representing themselves), containing the text, ‘I am National Collective’. I … Continue reading
Dreich, dour and crabbit: does the weather explain Scottish negativity? Climate, posture, mood, empathy, mirror neurons, meditation and education.
This essay was born in meditation One of my New Year’s resolutions was to meditate daily. I simply concentrate on my breathing. Thoughts pop up, and I observe them and let them go. (Here’s an inspiring talk on meditation. Below … Continue reading
Posted in Education, People I know (not directly connected with my writing), Philosophy, Politics
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Europe 2012 travelogue. Part 1: Edinburgh to Paris, 18 September.
Welcome to my wee travelogue! On 18 September I set out on my adventures. I have taken many pictures on my travels but I have restricted myself to only five pictures in each episode. It was extremely difficult selecting them, … Continue reading
Work for many feels like rape/prostitution, but it needn’t be this way! Inspiring talk on employee-ownership.
In a highly entertaining and thought-provoking short talk given at the TEDx event in Glasgow in 2012, which I was privileged to attend, David Erdal championed employee-ownership, pointing out the multiple advantages of this business model. You can watch a … Continue reading
Guest post: The Salon des Refusés is alive and well and living in Aberdeen
The Salon des Refusés is alive and well and living in Aberdeen [I am delighted that Aberdeen artist, Brian, has contributed this amusing little piece!] Greetings from the Granite City, friends! Here’s what happened when I got the old brushes … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Posts, Miscellaneous, People I know (not directly connected with my writing), Politics
Tagged Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Council, art, Kevin Stewart, paintings, Peacock Printmakers, Peacock Visual Arts Winter Exhibition, Save Union Terrace Gardens, Sir Ian Wood, The Wood Group, Union Terrace Gardens
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Colourful Copenhagen (24 – 26 July)
We left Halle at 9.15 a.m. and picked up a young Czech couple standing at motorway services near Hanover. Although their sign indicated they wanted a lift to the ferry port of Lübeck, it turned out they were also going … Continue reading
An air hostess in the rain-free city of Halle an Der Saale (22 – 24 July)
“It never rains in Halle an Der Saale” scans almost as well as “it never rains in southern California“, but what would one rhyme Saale with? Impala? Trouble is there are no African antelope in this part of the former … Continue reading
Beautiful Bayreuth (22 July) – home of The Ring Cycle, Steingraeber piano factory and a dinosaur!
After repairing Claudia’s broken shower in Ulm, we set off for Bayreuth, as Vroni had arranged for her piano to be inspected and tuned by the manufacturers. We were greeted at the Steingraeber factory by the boss, Udo Schmidt-Steingraeber, and by … Continue reading
Ulm (21 – 22 July): 768 steps and as many slugs!
On 21 July we drove to Ulm, where the central square is dominated by the highest church steeple in the world. The weather was threatening but we set up the piano and Vroni managed to play for a few minutes … Continue reading
