on the way to school

26Jan09

I was born and brought up in Scotland and for 13 of these years until I left there after graduating from University clutching my degree, we lived in Morningside, considered a snooty suburb of Edinburgh. Not that we considered it snooty at the time, our lives did not extend much beyond the suburb and [...]

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where I once lived

26Jan09

I lived in this building between the ages of about 5 to 8 years old. This is in Sauchie, in central Scotland. If you look closely at the picture, you will see the name Adam Arnot (my name is Adam Arnot Pearson, named in the Scottish tradition – I was the second son so [...]

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Tags: family history, old car, old caravan, sauchie, scotland, when i was young

things to do

15Jan09

You would think in the 5 years since I retired from work that I would have decided what to do with all this lovely free time. But no.
At first it was, and still it is, delightful to do just nothing. But then the feeling that you can’t do nothing for ever creeps up and grabs [...]

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Tags: in retierment, indecision, list, studies, things to do, too many things to do