A.S. Thomson

  • A S Thomson Photography – my new venture

    I have been taking photography seriously for a few years now and thanks to the encouragement of a few friends, I now have a web site devoted to my art. All the prints featured on the site are available for purchase. I’d appreciate it if you popped over to have a look and perhaps remember…

  • Roisin Meaney Visits *DOSBBIS Island With Her Music Choices

    Today, I’d like to welcome best-selling Irish author Roisin Meaney to *DOSBBIS Island with her five musical choices. Since I’m an Irish colleen (or cailín, if you want to spell it like we do) I thought I’d share with you my Irish top 5, as in songs sung by, if not written by, Irish people.…

  • You’re Doing It Wrong!

    My next visitor to *DOSBBIS Island is Mr. Uku, aka Algernon Gaylord-Algernon, aka Gary Parkin. His eclectic choice is below. If you want to learn more about Gary, you can visit his website. If you want counselling, you’re on your own! You’re doing it wrong. By Mr Uku As someone else recently said, when it…

  • Welcome to *DOSBBIS Island, Ailsa Abraham!

    I had a lot of interest from friends wanting to share their *DOSBBIS Island Discs with me on my blog and am delighted to hand over to the lovely Ailsa Abraham to kick us off. Slipped Discs I so agree with Nettie that personal choice is just that – personal. Like “social media” speaks for…

  • I Likes What I Likes

    Before you read on, I must let you know that I’m in a lot of pain and drugged up to the eyeballs so you have been warned. I read in the Guardian online today that Ed Miliband aparently has no music taste because of the tunes he chose for Desert Island Discs. On the plus…

  • Poppies In The Snow

    I wrote this story several years ago as part of a remembrance event at our local library. It felt apt to share it again today. Poppies In The Snow Sandy buttoned his old jacket and pulled the collar up. Taking his cap from the peg he turned to his son Fraser, sitting at the kitchen…

  • The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice

    Elysium, the New Orleans home of Nikki Delongpre and her parents, holds a secret and when Nikki breaks up with her long term boyfriend Anthem, and takes creepy Marshall home for a midnight swim, the consequences have repercussions beyond anything the teenagers could expect. I really enjoyed the first 80% of this book by Christopher…

  • .@aolsupporthelp We pay for a service yo

    .@aolsupporthelp We pay for a service you are failing to provide. Either fix it or release us from contract. Now.

  • Given up on Janetter. Bloody thing would

    Given up on Janetter. Bloody thing wouldn’t work. Back to Hootesuite.

  • The Liebster Award: Take 2

    I was first nominated for the Liebster Award two or three years ago and not only did I get loads of traffic to my blog as a result, it gave me something to write about other than my normal ranty stuff and it was fun. Thanks to the fabulous Ailsa Abraham, I’ve been nominated again…

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