TheObviousChild

High time for an update, methinks! Over Easter I was in Amsterdam and Utrecht, performing as part of the inaugural City2Cities literary festival .  The festival takes three European cities and "twins" them (or should that be "triplets" them?), and this year the three were Utrecht, Stockholm and Edinburgh.  I was asked to be the official Edinburgh poet, and I was really proud to represent my city at the festival.  I worked on translations, performed heaps of times, met loads of truly brilliant poets and was paid for the priviledge (and put up in free, gorgeous accomodation, no less!).  Was I dreaming...?  It was an amazing time.  And I now...

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Hello, today is my birthday!Good birthday presents::heart: Having your Boy announce that you MUST open your presents RIGHT NOW, at 6.30pm the day before your birthday... because he can't wait any longer to give them to you!:heart: Being seranaded with 'Happy Birthday' in several different keys (!!) by a class of hyperactive 16 year old Engineering students.:heart: Huge Galaxy chocolate bars being reduced to a £1 each in the store next to your workplace.:heart: A beautiful day outside.:heart: All your marking done by 3pm:heart: Seeing your poem published in the Scottish Poetry Library 's "Best Scottish Poems of the Year" anthology for th...