Monthly Archives: June 2012

Viva Cuba

I had a great night last night.  Braving trains, taxis and troublesome tram works MBH and I enjoyed a night at the Edinburgh Film Festival.  The Day of the Flowers is about family and friendship.  It’s about love and death, … Continue reading

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Flower Arrangement

Yesterday was the end of an era.  Afters years of scripting, development, discussions, debates and denouements, the film my cousin has been working on premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.  Had I been more organised, I would have been … Continue reading

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Sewing solstice seeds

Today is the longest day.  Quite a long grey day here in Glasgow, but always something to acknowledge, something to notice and commemorate.  My solstice started with a lie in, and a Phone Call Offering Work.  Maybe not the dream … Continue reading

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Do you like it funky?

Early this year, before I was Magnie Da Blogger, MBH and I went to a concert, at the Arches.  This was a Celtic Connections gig, and our first run out together for two long.  It happened to be in the … Continue reading

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Are you sitting comfortably?

Pretty much in the middle of the first row of seats at the Tramway tonight was a well found spot.  Excited theatre chatting ensued all around us, as the spot the empty seat game got harder and harder, and the … Continue reading

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Scottish playtime

Wow.  Not to put too fine a point on it.  Today I had the outrageous fortune to join a number of other bloggers and tweeters, a couple of blippers and heaven knows how many Official Representatives of The Press at … Continue reading

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The times, they are a changing

It’s been a busy old few days over here at magnie hq, and will just be getting a tiny wee bit busier until it goes in any other direction.  Far more going on than I can possibly do justice to … Continue reading

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Poyim fae Mondays past

Today’s a bit of a blast from the past.  This poem appeared in “5PX2”, a bilingual collaboration between Luath and Torino Poesia.  In it, five poems from five Scottish poets under 40 were translated into Italian – and five poems … Continue reading

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