This morning my music-loving neighbour is singing folk songs at 6.44am I want to be appreciative, but I'm trying to doomscroll in peace here

Finding a forgotten Crunchie for the bus ride home is another

Went to a creepy wee pub today... [The Creepy Wee Pub, Dunfermline]

Writing fiction on a quiet train surrounded by greenery is one of life's joys

Good morning Edinburgh!

Mr Laos. Just when you though this year was a bit quiet on the insanely huge, bedazzled, symbolic costumes along comes Mr Laos and blows everyone else out of the water. This is insane, but it's also *so* good.

Happy birthday, Ruth!

Who tf is blasting out country music at 7am on a Saturday?!

When I'm tired and my characters are tired, my sentences get short and simple. Might have to fix that in edits. Or not. #AmWriting

I absolutely love these idea of trolling the right by adopting their own symbols as symbols of acceptance and diversity. Given how pissed off people get about rainbows 🌈 , I wonder how they’d react to this?

Found this line for a story in my Notes app. All I remember is being certain that I would know what to do with it in the morning... "Thick, stupid tongue, it would not make the words right" No idea which character is feeling this, but ugh relatable

And making theft illegal would “kill” the thieving industry. Good. Make theft illegal again.

Sitting in the coffee shop feeling my teeth, for research purposes #AmWriting

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

Not to be an old grump, but who tf is setting off a whole bunch of fireworks at half ten on a Monday night?

Ooh sat down to edit a dirty little thing about obsession and teeth with a *sprinkling* of body horror and I think it's nearly ready for feedback... I love writing so very much

Meant to write before tea, got distracted by old photos on a long-lost hard drive... And now it's time to go out... Ah well, there's always next life 🙃

So gorgeous

Extraordinary. 'the BBC scrapped their interview with Polanski ... citing the need to cover last week’s Manchester synagogue terror attack. Polanski, who is both Jewish, and from Manchester, was bumped by the show just days prior to airing, say the party.'

Not unhappy to be one of the last folks standing at the @edinburghsff.com pub meet 😋

Wish I could genuinely pay attention to three things at once, enough to be able to write and play freecell and watch YouTube all at once

Queer choir makes me feel safe, even more so these days Last night was Loud & Proud's 20th anniversary party I sang alone and a capella in front of a room of people as an openly queer, autistic, nonbinary creature and felt 100% welcome as me 🌈💜🎶

What Beth said

Donatism sounds too much like Doughnutism and the History of Philosophy podcast is making me peckish

Ah Lidl Plus app, you know me so well...

I am a Grown Up

I think I might have to dive back into these stories. Tis the season, after all...

Today I think I will eat two packets of biscuits and a(nother) sharing bag of Maltesers (after I ate one yesterday) and maybe drink a gallon of tea...

I can't write. Haven't written anything worth editing for weeks I've got nothing in my head but clouds and storms and I am so tired Guess I'm a bit burned out... Guess it'll pass

Hmmm, red wine or decaf tea with oat milk...?

Should be sleeping... Looking at pictures of my dog instead...

Did some recording in a 17th century barn today. Very cool place to sing and strum Had a lovely time making some videos for The Barn: www.youtube.com/@TheBarn-v3o 😊

I don't think I've ever read a cosy neurodivergent adventure before...

Holy forking shirtballs, Cumbria is beautiful Cloud inversion on Bassenthwaite I've written a couple of stories about this lake...

Been practising guitar lately. Might share some song recordings... Probably won't 😅

Last ever bacon roll from Caffeine on Dundas Street 😭 The best bacon rolls on Edinburgh, and they're closing down tomorrow 😭 This is the point at which I turn to veganism or start eating bacon raw 😭

We should bring philosophy back into the school curriculum

Singing sad songs with my old guitar

It would have been nice to have a UK government that wouldn't actively participate in a genocide, and invite a fascist leader for a state visit. It doesn't seem like that would be too much to ask for, but, alas. Maybe next time...? 😑

Nigel Farage is not a serious politician, he’s just a xenophobic carnival barker, a Temu Enoch Powell with a megaphone and pink trousers, screaming any nonsense that gets him attention. He’s a millionaire investment banker cosplaying as a common man. Don’t be fooled by the mask. It’s always a grift.

Oooh now I want to write a short story collection Lyndsey does it so well ✨

I would like to be (a) asleep, (b) not in pain, and (c) not working tomorrow If that could just be arranged please universe...? <3

Oooh I am looking forward to this book!

Edinburgh was gorgeous today I want to hate autumn for making me cold and for being the precursor to the long dark teatime of my soul But the light is so delicately golden and the leaves so crinkly and crunchy and good [Charlotte Square, Edinburgh]

Dozing on the sofa in PJs while the child plays 80s arcade games on the Xbox360 Classic parenting moment achievement unlocked?

Small good things

Oh what a cool job!

There is no delight, only 'why doesn't my child do this?' Cue weeping Jk, my child is 10; I do not expect him to cook the dinner (yet)

I like that my child reads books by an author who seems like a cool human saying important things But now I have this song in my head...