rainbows in curved air (or curves in rainbowed air)

Fleshmarket Close


Busy week on the library front that included a trip to Edinburgh & Stirling on following days. Jetlagged.

It has been such a long time since I have been in the home of Scottish government. My time there was brief & spent at the National Library of Scotland for a meeting.

It was such an odd day that began with me attending the funeral of one of my friend’s father.
On the train out to Edinburgh, I had great intentions of a) catching up on my reading for the meeting or b) listening to some new sounds mp3-ed on my moby.

I did neither of these, because the chap sitting next to me taking photos, from the window was obviously foreign & possibly, arab. Being a ‘weegie’, naturally I started a conversation & being a ‘smart ass’ this was totally in Arabic all the way from Falkirk High to Waverly. The journey passed in the blink of an eye.

The capital has changed so much since I was last there. They have built a castle on a hill.(haha). I was busy looking for all the Rebus locations & yes I did cut through Fleshmarket Close.

On the return journey, I was with 2 colleagues from the meeting, but it was not all library chat, we discussed gardening over a cruel Scottish summer & the position, value & cheap cost of having an allotment in today’s credit crunch year. Once again the journey was painless.

As I changed trains at Partick, I met another of my schoolmates, Dennis & I filled him in concerning the earlier funeral & the fact that another schoolchum has mentioned him name at the funeral.

I do not wish to make a big thing about the latter coincidence, but it was so ‘Magnolia’.

The journey out to Stirling was by fast car, but it is one of my favourite journeys on a clear day, which it was. It is no wonder one of my cousins lives on this route. Probably for the same reason as her, I feel very comfortable & at home in this area between Drymen & Stirling.