Gary Strachan – "Write" Said Fred
Whimsical observations from deep within an erratic mind
After a couple of years in early retirement, I am contemplating a return into the employment world. This despite having lots of pastimes to fill my days, and huge uncertainty it is the correct lifestyle avenue to embrace. Anyhow, with this in mind, I have tentatively put out some feelers, researching opportunities current eddying around... Continue Reading →
Recently, I've taken to sketching monochrome semblances of culturally important figures, accompanied with one of their quotes taken from The Times Great Quotations book. This informational, motivational and inspirational tome a festive gift from my son. My process for creating these grey/black pencil and charcoal drawings/words is firstly selecting a quote within the chronicles 300+... Continue Reading →
Yesterday afternoon, a wintertide sun paid an brief visit to the white rose county. As with the super trouper in the 1970's ABBA song, the solar ray beams were blinding. Borrowing further from the Scandinavian refrain, I didn't feel blue, like I always do, cos somewhere in the crowd was you. By you, I'm referring... Continue Reading →
Afflicted by acute fatigue, I've felt a bit under the weather the last few days. Consequently, I've suffered from lethargy, along with a lack of vigour, likely contributing to GJ Strachan falling back asleep at 8am; not stirring again until 11am. Overnight I was awoken briefly with a dry coughing fit, an episode repeated between... Continue Reading →