Blog Posts

  • Going Home – You can take the girl out of Glasgow…

    We’ve sold our house. In an area of the country where houses sit on the market for months, if not years, our house sold within three weeks of officially going on the market. I’m pleased, obviously, but I’m also…winded. The speed of the sale has totally taken my breath away and I feel like the…

  • Moving On

    Excuse me while I blow the cobwebs off my blog. It’s been such a long time since I wrote anything here. A whole lot of “stuff” has been going on I won’t bore you with, but I’ve been feeling less than 100%. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we’re selling up here in Machrihanish…

  • Snow Capped Paps

    Just had to share this photograph of the snow capped Paps of Jura taken from just above the beach in Machrihanish. I’m a lucky girl!

  • Last Rant Of The Year

    I know I did my final 2014 post a couple of days ago, but I’m in a bit of a strop so I’m going to make you lot suffer too. What is New Year? A chance to reflect on our successes of the past twelve months? An opportunity to reflect on our mistakes and make…

  • So long 2014

    This is the time of year when I usually do a humorous post about the previous twelve months, but to be honest with you, this year has been shite and I’m pleased to see the back of it. Illness played a big part in the shittiness. I’ve felt well for about….maybe six weeks in total. The…

  • The Perfect Family

    In the best traditions of Christmas, I’ve written a ghost story. The subject matter is very delicate so I think it only fair to issue some trigger warnings. If you have suffered from infertility, miscarriage or SIDS, you may find the following distressing.   The Perfect Family Joe had left her after the second baby.…

  • You Look A Little Tired…

    No shit sherlock. I look a little tired? But otherwise, I’m fine, right? Look, I normally don’t like to moan too much about my illness. It’s boring for me, it’s boring for you, but sometimes, if I don’t share how I feel, I’ll explode in a ball of stressed, angry, raging pain. This fibro flare…

  • My New Life

      The past few months have been…interesting. Since moving to southern Kintyre in June I’ve oscillated between loving it and hating it, staying and going. The things I haven’t liked are small, really. The lack of choice in the shops, for a start. We have a Tesco Express and a Co-op, but they are small…

  • The Awkward Post About Independence

    I have waited a long time before plucking up the courage to write this post. The independence referendum is very, very important to me but I have so many friends south of the border who I don’t want to alienate. From the start then, this is a post about why I want a positive move…

  • West Seattle Blues by Chris Nickson

    West Seattle Blues is the second outing for music journalist Laura Benton. Set several years after Emerald City, Laura is now married with a son who is almost walking and a husband in the book business. She still works, albeit not as much as she used to, writing reviews and doing occasional interviews. When the…