I've been lucky enough to have been in constant employment since I left school in December 1974 - and over all those 37 years I only had two employers - The Scotsman Publications and then, from 1999, North Edinburgh News.
So unemployment is a new experience for me and I intend to take some time out to see what options are available and work out what, exactly, I plan to do for the rest of my working life.
Short term, a wee acting role came up in a short film called Rabbit Punch, and that took up a couple of weeks. I also had some unfinished work from the NEN - sorting out and trying to catalogue old photographs for the Social History Group's project. That took a lot longer than it should have, as old photographs have a habit of bringing back memories happy and sad. Frustrated at my lack of progress, Caroline decided to lend a hand and ruthlessly accelerated the process (no room for sentiment here!) Job done, eventually ...
Attention turns to all those neglected gardening jobs - no shortage of tasks there. And just to keep my hand in, I wrote up the annual Tierney Award presentation for our community council, and my article was used in a number of publications both in print and on-line - the old magic's still there! Over the hill? Past it? Never!
I also got some really nice shots of a herd of horses as dawn broke over Cardrona one misty morning - it's always worth keeping a camera handy.
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