impossible songs

These are just fleeting thoughts from the heartland of the UK's colonial dustbin somewhere beyond the wall of sleep. Odd bits of music and so-called worldly wisdom may creep in from time to time. Don't expect too much and you won't feel let down. As ever AI and old age are to blame. I'll just leave it there ...

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Everyone ...

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Yes, everyone has probably seen this already but for me it only just appeared in my orbit via tiny screens and fat devices a few days ago. I...
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Edinburgh Daily Photo

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Yes it's a wonky photo but then it's pretty wonky place. Up on Calton Hill the other day, first time in a while: The first thing I s...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Floss & Rocket

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Thinking of starting an imaginary grocery shopping inspired indie band called Floss & The Rockets. The guitars will jangle and fizz with...
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Monday, July 28, 2025

Nature's Masochist

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All by Andy Goldsworthy.  Being artistically uneducated and a cultural dipstick I've managed not to pay much attention to Mr Goldsworthy...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Who are the Baddies?

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Queensferry Daily Photo etc. I know it's a bad photo but it shows Greenpeace activists (the tiny red blobby things) hanging from the For...

Out and Aboutery

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Tis the season etc. for summer holiday grand parenting activities. In my case this usually means trekking various trails from cafe to riverb...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

Is This Normal?

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Unfortunately nothing is new in the present day's hot mess, but this is a simple and articulate summary of an increasingly common and wo...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Monarchs of the Glens etc.

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Two of our cats chilling out in their small piece of feline heaven. Meanwhile a family of (slightly blurred) swans head home.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Stones

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I found this small painted stone in the grass on the banks of the River Dee near Crathes Castle. If I was any kind of writer I'd maybe u...
Monday, July 21, 2025

South Queensferry Daily Photo

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We've gone full fibre on our internet infrastructure links, the incoming outside line has been rerouted. It happened a few days ago whil...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Education, Education, Education.

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Things I think I may have learned while working in Rosyth Naval Base/Dockyard - 1976 to 1981 approximately: All the wisdom in the known worl...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Nothing is as it Seems

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Keir Starmer's wife and family are Jewish. He is from a Anglican background but has accepted many of his wife's beliefs and they are...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

The Number of the Beast

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Which number? Contrary to popular belief and opinion I can exclusively tell you that the number of the beast isn't 666 as you probably t...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Ali's Psychedelic Breakfast

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  It was never intended as a breakfast but, I'm told you can eat whatever you want for breakfast at whatever time of day or night you li...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Edinburgh Daily Photo

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  A day out in the sunny capital city drinking beer and eating fish and chips. Dunfermline away to Hearts in the League Cup at Tynecastle wa...
Saturday, July 12, 2025

The Real Macy

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This is the real, grey, Macy (Macy Grey). Still lost as far as I know but should you encounter him you'll know him by his highly skilled...
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Friday, July 11, 2025

Owl Hunt - The Explanation

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SQ Bowling Club has spoken: Turns out the suspected whistling owl was indeed and after all a whistling parrot called "Macy". Macy ...
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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Owl Hunt

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This photo may contain the image of a Tawny Owl but it also may not. We are currently being bothered and entertained (there's a fine lin...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2025

Elusive/Ethereal

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Sometimes you just want to quietly plunk away on your old guitar and space out into the elusive, ethereal sounds of the wider universe witho...
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Chestnuts, Walls, Zoe, Live at Leeds

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Things may never be the same again, we're back to having these (old) chestnuts on the menu. Was it some chance happening that led to my ...
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