An Amazing Thing Happened…

An Amazing Thing Happened…

On 1st November 2006 I registered terraexitus.com. Almost 8 (count them, 8) years later, I have finally finished the first draft of the book. In the end, it didn’t take that long. It’s not a long book, more of a novella (albeit its about the same length as...
In Pursuit Of Nothing and The Joy of Reading

In Pursuit Of Nothing and The Joy of Reading

It is Sunday. I think. The Mediterranean stretches out in front of me for as far as the calculations of Erastothenes allow. If my bearings were better I could point to where he was born from here. South is to my left. I think. I’m blissfully uncertain of many...
The Town Square

The Town Square

He was making his point loudly. The still night let his voice echo off the tiled roofs bouncing it towards every window and up into the starry ether. In winter, the tightly closed shutters keep out the cold and the distant voices. In summer, the daytime heat hides in...
A Sunny Return to Edinburgh Zoo

A Sunny Return to Edinburgh Zoo

You know what no one has said to me ever? “Scott, it’s been a while since you did a blog post of zoo photos.” Undeterred, I press on. The sun was shining, had a few spare hours so nipped into the zoo. As we reversed away from the house, the sun went...