I mentioned a couple of posts ago that I had gone back into the gym to begin the process of regaining lost fitness. I’m pleased -and a little surprised- to report that on Monday just past I succesfully ran a 5K, albeit on a treadmill, and today ran for a comfortable 40 minutes. At this [...]
I have been reading Honeyboy Edwards’ excellent autobiography “The World Don’t Own Me Nothing” of late. It is an excellent read and captures well his early days based in the Delta, hoboing around the US, playing guitar and harmonica, drinking white whiskey, stealing other people’s wives and generally having a wild time. While doing so [...]
I was reading through the Blog of an acquaintance this morning and found myself thinking about hats and the wearing thereof by men. One of the things which is immediately noticeable when watching archive or newsreel footage from before WW2 is that the men and boys are always wearing a hat. In the UK this [...]
After the blood pressure scare of late last year and the indolence of Christmas and New Year, I went into the gym today to start the fight back towards the fitness I had when I ran the half marathon back in September. I had no intention of maxing out, just gently reintroducing my muscles to [...]
I finally managed to get to see The Imagined Village last night, in Glasgow, as they kicked off their tour in support of their new cd Empire and Love. They were on great form and I enjoyed it, although there was an element of the “first night” about it and some aspects of the pacing [...]
The chill continues although there is something of a thaw in progress at present. Aside from my return to work this week, I have taken advantage of the time to do a lot of reading after a lengthy period during which I seemed to read very little. For the most part it has been science [...]
It has been unusually cold here for a prolonged period. Edinburgh tends to get cold in winter rather than snowy but usually the cold snaps go away for a couple of days and we get a pleasing variety.
Not this year.
It snowed before Christmas and has, I think, snowed every day since. Despite the occasional mini [...]
Happy New Year!
And so to my top ten CDs of the decade which has just ended. The ranking of these is more or less random in the sense that if I drew the list up tomorrow the order could change depending upon mood. The exception is the number 1 of which I have [...]
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