As young teens, my friend Jackie and I hitchhiked back and forward from Glasgow to Grimsby all the time. I say Grimsby, but I really mean Cleethorpes, Cleethorpes by the sea. We loved it. There was sand, pubs and boys and what’s more, these boys thought the Scots to be exotic creatures and to be […]
Category: Glasgow
Why we think the way we do
According to Sigmund Freud, our personality begins to form just after we are born, and the first part of our psyche to emerge is the Id. The Id is the very beginning of forming our individual personalities and is the part of our psyche that ensures our basic human needs are met. He described this […]
Sing or dance like nobody is watching
I give Bilbo, our dog, a chew stick and he expresses unkept joy. He throws it in the air and pounces on it again and again. In his little doggy head, he has not a care in the world, and I can remember being that carefree and happy when I was a child, especially if […]
Squaring the Circle
I always hated the phrase ‘squaring the circle’ I think it’s because I heard it a lot when my job had me spend a great deal of time with corporately schooled consultants. We had a rake of them around the place, and I found them to be sort of ‘Stepford Wives’ like in their ways […]