Author Archives: Eric Sinclair

A Post for Whippet Lovers

Time flies when you are enjoying yourself. Archie (Windwalker Follow Me Home – see earlier post) recently celebrated his second birthday in a way that only a whippet can: by meeting several other dogs, whizzing around in madcap circles, taking … Continue reading

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1st August

1st August – Aboyne Highland Games. Cabers tossed, bagpipes played. Dry all day(almost). 1980 paces around Aboyne Green. Archie unimpressed by the skirl of the pipes      

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Musical chairs, foxes and stroke statistics

In my tiresome way, I am writing again about the annual Scottish Stroke Care Audit. You can read what I have said in the past by clicking here. While some of our politicians are playing musical chairs and saving the … Continue reading

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A message from California

Blogging offers a mixture of guilt and delight. Guilt, because you feel the self-imposed duty to write on the blog regularly, and life being what it is many days can go by without any entries made. “A great relief!” I … Continue reading

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The Wicker Basket

Few of us will have remained unmoved by the sight of hundreds of our fellow human beings packed into unseaworthy craft and left drifting helplessly in the Mediterranean, in their struggle to escape the carnage and oppression of the Middle East … Continue reading

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An eclipse eclipsed

A 90% eclipse of the sun on Deeside at 09.35 am  on 20 March….eclipsed by some low cloud            

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What about the life in your head?

What’s the life in your head like? For stroke survivors or, indeed, anyone fascinated by the workings of the human brain I recommend listening to the recent BBC Radio 4 programme The Life in My Head  – click on the link … Continue reading

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A date for your diary

This is Archie basking in Deeside sunshine on 8 March 2015. He is wearing a purple Stroke Association neckerchief, because on 10 May 2015 he will be taking part in a Stroke Association Step Out for Stroke event on Aboyne … Continue reading

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New Year 2015

Happy New Year to all followers of this blog Just don’t trouble me for a while – too much human merriment going on.

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Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014 on Deeside                            

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