It’s been planned for years really. The UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) was supposed to happen last year here in Glasgow, but was postponed to this year due to the pandemic. And for quite some time, it wasn’t looking certain to happen at all. We’ve been seeing the city making preparations for weeks. Last… Continue reading Glasgow on the Global Stage
Month: October 2021
The Kelpies and The Falkirk Wheel
Life in our new flat is slowly coming together, slowly being the operative word here. When I came back from the U.S. in August, we got delivery of our bed, which was a nice improvement over sleeping on a mattress on the floor. Unfortunately, the sofas we ordered, however, aren’t due until February due to… Continue reading The Kelpies and The Falkirk Wheel
Going for the Messages
I overheard a young Scottish woman saying that she was “going for the messages” and had to go look up what in the world she was talking about. It sounded very James Bond-ish and I was imagining her picking up an encoded message while winking and saying the code word to her informant. It was… Continue reading Going for the Messages