Month: July 2011

Or, in truth, just a 30 minute uphill stroll from our house. In the middle distance you can pick out the inevitable castle and Arthur’s Seat pokes above everything on the right. I took the piccie the day before yesterday. You couldn’t see this today, though. Thunder storms bringing the curtains down once again on Scotland.

All you cat owners know that your pet’s mind is a mystery. But sometimes its deportment and its habits provide clues. My cat, Dougal, has, for example a habit of taking over my manuscript on whatever surface it’s laid. There may be acres of lie-downable space to hand, but – plonk – onto the manuscript…

On any Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday… these days I can be completely ignored while in my private rehearsal space. You will see the stool which I sit on because I’m often asked to play on bar stools so a certain posture has to be “rehearsed”. You will see a glass of wine but not the…