Currently sitting with a mocha in front of me after a brisk, cold and crisp walk. Now seems as good a time as ever to sit and do some writing. The Deep Winter ReflectionFor me, Deep Winter, the time between the shortest day of the year and Candlemas...
Drumlanrig is a castle and stately home situated approximately a 30-minute drive north of Dumfries. It is one of the real wonders of Dumfries and Galloway and a brilliant place to visit. Everyone says the Christmas Fair is amazing, so I decided to go...
Sitting in the glow of Christmas lights is happiness. There is something about a Christmas tree in the corner of a darkened room, lights twinkling, that draws out nostalgia. A nostalgia of times passed. Some say on social media that millennials have...
The winter wind is whipping past my ears, and the rain clouds are coming in fast from the west. You can see the rain already falling from this distance. It will be upon me in a minute, like a soft, grey wall of fine rain. I, of course, do not mind; a...
This is a fascinating and, frankly, underappreciated book about a forgotten era of Scottish and British history. It helps to set the Highland Clearances into the wider historical context of the Age of Improvement. What were The Lowland Clearances?The...
Mushrooms have become a microhobby of mine. I am a Fungi! And I already have enough hobbies. However, this hobby is really neat. I take pictures of mushrooms I see out and about and then try to identify them in my Collins Gem books on Mushrooms. Some...
The Highland Clearances is one of the darkest chapters in the history of the British Isles. Over a period of 100 years, huge swaths of the population of the Highlands and Islands were forcibly removed from their homes to make way for sheep. When you...
I am a cheat. However, it is not what you think. Honest. Trust me. I am cheating on Home Working with Co-Working. I know, I am ashamed to have to admit this; however, it is true! As someone who has for over ten years been WFH, I have throughout this...
What work should you be doing at coffee shops, and possibly more importantly, what should you not be doing? This is an interesting question that more remote and home workers should ask themselves before they enter a coffee shop to begin work. Thinkin...
As someone who likes working both from home and from coffee shops, it can be difficult at times to balance the costs and benefits of each different type of working environment. Sometimes the allure of freshly brewed coffee is just too much to resist;...