DougMay 29, 20212 min readTurn Aroundhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gl-JGJp-_CM There's every good reason for letting you go She's sneaky and smoked out And it's starting to...
DougMay 13, 20211 min readThe Parting Glasshttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zufPTLuShCU Of all the money that e'er I had I have spent it in good company Oh and all the harm I've ever...
DougMay 9, 20211 min read12 months12 months to the day I walked away from someone I didn’t want to leave. 12 months on, from the sheer torture of recurring dreams and...
DougApr 25, 20211 min readDaunted by an 'Auld Man'The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw, The summer lilies bloome in snaw, The frost may freeze the deepest sea; But an auld man shall never...
DougApr 21, 20211 min readPerditionThe meaning of perdition is quite clear; ’a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unrepentant person passes...
DougApr 18, 20211 min readAnswersAbout 50 years separates these two photographs. I wish I could go back in time and pass on the wisdom I have gained in over half a...
DougApr 14, 20211 min readWhen the Pipers PlayA trifle twee but there’s nothing wrong with that sometimes! Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HqxdeiZDzwo I hear the voice, I hear...
DougApr 11, 20211 min readGordon DuncanOne of my hero’s and one that got me into piping was Gordon Duncan. I’d been brought up in Army style piping and tunes and it was all...
DougApr 10, 20211 min readO Sullivan’s MarchA great band I’ve just discovered called The Gloaming. Check them out! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yOQgv0-ER3I
DougApr 9, 20211 min readMacKays MemoirsLament for Mary MacLeod https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=FGMalhcGp9g
DougMar 25, 20212 min readA final parting farewell.Not really a poem as such more of a song lyric or loose collection of thoughts! Its nearly a year since it ended and 10 months since I...
DougMar 19, 20211 min readPassengersYou must watch this film. It works on so many levels, as a good story should. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passengers_(2016_film)
DougMar 17, 20211 min readMy childrenMy beautiful beautiful kind caring funny intelligent wonderful human beings. I often wonder how I made them! My only legacy to the world...
DougMar 14, 20211 min readFishing at OrbostI cannae get this tune oot ma heid so I can’t.......Some of you may know that I once played the Great Highland Bagpipe...I learnt to play...
DougMar 12, 20211 min readSean, SeanAnother favourite tune from the maestro, Ennio Morricone. Out of all the Sergio Leone films and Morricone compositions, this is without...
DougMar 12, 20211 min readBleh!I’m feeling a bit ill today and very down, although a wonderful email has made me extremely happy for a while! I know a lot of you have...
DougMar 8, 20211 min readUp and downHaving a bad few days. Don’t know if it’s the come down from being on set or something else. I’m having really horrible dreams again and...
DougMar 1, 20213 min readIsolationIt’s been a while since I’ve written anything. I’ve had plenty to say but think it unfair when other parties don’t have the right of...
DougFeb 13, 20211 min readSinghttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=69PPpkKTamo Baby, you've been going so crazy, Lately nothing seems to be going right. So low, why do you...