My New NormalMy New Normal
The question was simple, casual: “Would you like to join us for a drink at the bar?” I’d been to one of my regular jaunts into the Highland capital
Category: Health
Musings of a Former Vegetarian (without a current label)Musings of a Former Vegetarian (without a current label)
I decided, age 11, that I wasn’t eating meat. Not no more. Not no how. My mother was horrified and thought I would die of malnourishment. To be fair
A Greater FearA Greater Fear
I fear Alzheimer’s more than cancer, or more accurately, any form of dementia: a disease that can rob me of my abilities and ultimately my mind itself – my life
Taking The ChallengeTaking The Challenge
At the weekend my fiancée swam a mile in Loch Lomond as part of the Great Scottish Swim event. He’s been training for a year and has seen his
See MeSee Me
Invisible, long term and utterly devastating. Mental illness, in particular depression in its various forms, is still very much misunderstood. It’s 2 years since Robin Williams died. The news shocked
“Not the Answer…“Not the Answer…
This statement appeared on the day of the budget in my Twitter feed. The person tweeting was referring to the ‘Sugar Tax’. There was heated debated about how futile it
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream..To Sleep, Perchance to Dream..
We all know the line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and we view sleep itself with the same worn familiarity. Like many things in life, sleep is something we take for granted,
Life is a Box of chocolates – J Ross 1961 to 2013Life is a Box of chocolates – J Ross 1961 to 2013
It’s taken me eight months to write this blog entry. Not that I’ve spent weeks writing draft after draft, searching for mots justes; it’s been more of a distillation process,
The Power of a SmileThe Power of a Smile
Intuitively we all know that smiling is good for us, and good for the wider world too – don’t we? It costs so little – the energy required to turn
A Certain Age…A Certain Age…
It would seem that I’ve reached ‘that age’. She didn’t say ‘old’, not exactly, but certainly she indicated that I was no longer ‘young’ enough to assume that all will