SuzanneG Jan 28, 20204 min(34) An Unexpected GoodbyeDear Margaret, This was to be the third of the August snippets, in which I would explain my piano piece for you. Life, however, or death,...
SuzanneG Nov 14, 20196 min(33) Where Is Alex Mair? Dear Tim, I don't imagine for one moment that you do know where Alex Mair is. (Or care, let's be honest.) I don't know how well you've ke...
SuzanneG May 28, 20198 min(26) Passing PlacesWe took the kitten over the hill this afternoon to go to the vet. We passed at least five convoys, one with fifteen cars...... It seems t...
SuzanneG May 14, 20196 min(25) Small FishI am making bread again. We have a kitten. There is ingrained earth under my fingernails. I drive my girl to the bus at twenty to seven o...
SuzanneG Mar 18, 20196 min(23) No Place Like HomeCountry roads, take me home, I hummed to John Denver. Home is where the heart is, Pliny retorted. I am homeward bound, Paul Simon wished....
SuzanneG Feb 10, 20195 min(20) Words, Music and Hot FlushesI had several things on my mind this morning between 2:01 and 4:06 am. 1) It is nearly the weekend, so it doesn't matter that, yet agai...
SuzanneG Jan 26, 20194 min(18) Heart or HeadWe have reached a place in the scheme of things where it is comfortable to all spend time together, Katrina, Ian, Isabelle and I. We can ...
SuzanneG Jan 14, 20196 min(17) Goodbye MargaretI am glad that I visited Margaret on Boxing Day - it had been a while, and I had been putting it off. She died earlier this week. It is f...
SuzanneG Jan 6, 20192 min(16) Soar - A GoodbyeLast year began with two goodbyes. All goodbyes are sad, but some are more sad than others. Alasdair went missing from his fishing boat ...
SuzanneG Dec 22, 20186 min(15) Happy Birthday Katrina JOYWe arrived at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness at 3 in the morning, on the 22nd of December (2004), two hours after my waters announced it w...
SuzanneG Dec 12, 20188 min(14) Mountain, Sea, Tears, Laughter, Small Rebellious Acts And A Song - Last Will And TestamentMy lovely friend Elaine recently sent me a letter I had written to her from The Train, on the 30th January 1992. We were 20 and I had not...
SuzanneG Nov 23, 20186 min(12) A Dark PlaceYou took me to a dark place. I hear that you wondered would I still be with Ian if you hadn't have. You asked did I blame you. I am glad ...
SuzanneG Nov 9, 20184 min(11) SlideMike said to me, on the Camera Obscura trip, as he ran his hand down the Edinburgh News Steps' railings, that he couldn't help thinking o...
SuzanneG Oct 29, 20187 min(9) Read the labelKatrina said she thought it must be harder for someone with a bisexual partner, than someone with a heterosexual partner or a homosexual ...
SuzanneG Sep 26, 20183 min(3) Intelligent, Kind, Philosophical, Good-Looking Man Seeks Kind, Attractive, Logical GirlfriendI still love Ian. This may sound implausible, but until the day I knew I was going to leave him, I did not know I was. Question: Is it be...