Expensive gear – Cartoon September 17, 2014johndburns Having fun creating these. I think the guy on the right is going to become a character I use a lot. Have to [...]
Some where in a lonely glen – Cartoon September 15, 2014John D Burns 6 My first tottering steps as a cartoonist. Feel free to post this anywhere you like. Give me a credit and a link to [...]
It’s life Jim, but not as we know it. September 13, 2014johndburns 14 “I’m going to start climbing,” a friend told me last summer. My mind raced back to when I began climbing forty years ago. [...]
Things to Come September 8, 2014johndburns In the deep darkness waves of rain sweep down the glen, battering the hills, bouncing pebbles off the tracks and swelling the engorged [...]
Written by God -Performed by Jesus July 31, 2014johndburns 4 “This Play was written by God and is performed by Jesus.” I yell at the top of my voice whilst walking down Edinburgh’s [...]
Commuting to Solitude July 29, 2014John D Burns 6 It happens to all of us most of the time these days. You look in your calendar and something’s missing, someone has stolen [...]
Edinbugh Fringe – Ego Addict July 25, 2014johndburns 6 It’s almost here, in a few nights I’ll be carried away on that avalanche of culture called the Edinburgh Fringe. I’ll lose a [...]
Mallory and Everest, a family affair July 24, 2014July 16, 2018John D Burns 2 Some men cast shadows that linger for generations after their death. George Mallory was such a man. While researching my one man play [...]
Mallory: Beyond Everest July 17, 2014johndburns 6 The Edinburgh Fringe is almost upon us and my blog will change for a while when I’m there as my life will be [...]
Confessions of a Mountain Bike Novice July 6, 2014johndburns Until a couple of weeks ago I was a mountain bike virgin. I saw people on them but had never ridden one. Now [...]