The lonely hearse appears from the forest green at Balmoral.
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by Brian D Harris
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About
What's this all about?
I started thinking about this web site when people kept asking me about travels my late partner, Alison, and I had made around the world : the places we had been to and the sights we had seen. I also had a few people asking to read some of the poems I have written and the academic and feature articles I had written on a number of subjects.
How better to open up some of these things than post them on a web site?
Things took off a bit during Lockdown when the regular lockdown diary articles written on Facebook proved popular .
So things have grown and really now I see it as a forum to post opinions, reviews, stories or prose. Travel will be an important theme as will the stories behind the places travelled to. Reviews of restaurants, books, places visited will also play an important part. Most importantly though I would like this site to be humourous as humour is something sadly lacking in our woke driven lives. A place to laugh, to celebrate the good things in life and as a forum to support those who are going through bad times.
In this complicated times when spades are rarely called spades we will try and look at what many of the issues of the day are really about.
You name it. However it's not just my work but I would like to invite anyone who has an opinion to express, a story to tell or a poem to read or review to send them to me and I will consider publishing them.
Of course the site will be subject to editorial control and as such we are looking for genuine and heart felt pieces. If would like some help in writing it we can help you do that.
The site is also subject to the law of the land and anything defamatory, discriminatory or anything containing any other legal infringement will not be published.
I am deeply honoured to have Jacqui Smith and Yvonne McQueen as sub editors. Jacqui has a background in journalism and the wine trade and her support and enthusiasm for the project has been inspirational. Yvonne is also a wine expert with a strong background in restaurants, literature and, as a nurse, medicine.
As I write this I'm bed ridden following eye surgery and I am being nursed by Yvonne to whom I am eternally grateful.
I would also like to thank Carole Brooksbank who has undertaken a lot of analytics work in setting this up. Carole has been, as ever, a real star.
The pages are embryonic at the moment and will develop in time. The travel section in particular will take to finalise however I have added a narrative to some of the photos, especially the Greek ones which I hope some may find interesting.
Brian Harris
Brian Harris
Thought of the month
Blog
Talk of the Day
Lockdown Diary
Travel and Places (click photos to read captions)
Poetry and Stories
A summer stream
The beauty of a summer stream in the Scottish borders.
Sunday
Colours of Christ. Part 1 Trilogy dedicated to the Christian people of Currie Kirk who I am honoured to know
Meet me in Heaven
A poem to Alison. Lost but I will see her again one day.
Say A Little Prayer This Christmas
A lovely Christmas poem by Jacqui Smith
Who Was Maggie May?
Colours of Christ Part 2. More than a name on a crumbling gravestone.
One Sunny Day
Falling in love on a sunny summers day
Mum
by Jane Baillie
The Last Snow
A seasonal poem by Jaquie Smith
Be My Memory
This is a lovely song written by Eric Armour in memory of his father, Iain Armour who passed away a few years ago after suffering from Alzheimer's. Eric wrote this song to remember all those who walk this lonely path. Included in the pics are Eric's uncle Ray and Alec Ogylvie who were also Soldiers like Iain. Big thanks to the Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders and to Erskine house.
Grief
The first of two very short but poignant and meaningful poems on grief and her mother's death by Jane Baillie from Edinburgh
Over The Horizon
A story of love
Meet the team
Brian Harris. Author. Poems. Editor
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Thistle Harrow. Deputy Editor
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Yvonne McQueen. Sub Editor. Restaurant and Wine Reviews
Jacqui Smith. Sub Editor. Feature writer and Reviewer
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