This year, my dear friend Katie Spelman; my artistic soulmate, and my “whyfe”(as we call one another, with deep gratitude to my actual husba...

On 25 January every year, Scots and Scots-at-heart come together to celebrate the life and works of Scotland's national poet, Robert Bur...

Glasgow, Scotland ©2015

Frances Thorburn Just the most creative, deeply feeling, and beautiful soul I've ever met. Frances Thorburn has THE BEST LAUGH I'...

Hugh Hodgart: LEGEND ... A few weeks ago Anna Hodgart sent out a mass email to all the folks who have been touched by the life of her fa...

hugh hodgart, 2010 glasgow, scotland [original image ©K.K.Dundas]

justin flagg glasgow, scotland 2005

Tastes Coffee Anything Oliver Friendly cooks. Sea salt Ice cold watermelon. ( A whole one. Just for me. No sharing. Okay maybe a litt...

red shoes: for whenever one wants to feel their best... 1.  Red shoes Let me tell you something: I have three pairs in my closet righ...

So. My alma mater , The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (aka The RSAMD)'s School of Drama is 60 years old this year and I was ...

Just a few...   "Memory's images, once they are fixed in words, are erased," Polo said. "Perhaps I am afraid...

76. Men in suits 77. A fully functioning mind and body. What a wonderful thing it is. 78. Love. There is so much love in my life and I am...

A few years back I received an email from a totally lovely, eloquent and hopeful student named Lauren. Lauren is terribly bright and articu...

This is a list of 100... just in case you are wondering... 1. Health 2. Serendipity 3. My Mom 4. My Dad 5. The orange cat 6. Interloc...

A few months back I received an email from a totally lovely, eloquent and hopeful high school student named Matthew. He was curious and craf...

Victims of an Absurd Disease: Jeux de Massacre and Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd by Alexandra Silber & Justin Flagg ( these c...

Elegy ~ composed by Alexandra Silber, Finalist for The Edwin Morgan Poetry Prize, 2003; Glasgow, Scotland ~ The moon has kidnapped the k...

It's snowing! And it is staying on the ground! Oh, it is ever so peaceful. I am absolutely exhausted and feel a tremendous anxiety about...