"I think my securities outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be." - Billy Connolly
Tuesday
Billy, Amy & Fran...
"I think my securities outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be." - Billy Connolly
Monday
Snowflakes...
We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand
and melting like a snowflake..."
- Francis bacon Sr
Zero Waste Scotland...
Wednesday
Scotland...
St Andrews Day feature on The Culture Cafe, in which Billy Kay makes a special case for the Scots language. It got me thinking about this famous voice of Scots culture...
"O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us. And foolish notion; What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion!"
"Dare to be honest and fear no labor"
- Robert Burns
Sunday
Happiness...
Thursday
Sunday
Sharing...
you would not let a single meal pass
without sharing it in some way".
Monday
Character...
raised kids,enjoyed good meals, tossed back a
drink or two, laughed, cried and struggled.
They are just symptoms of what gives our lives value.
If you really didn't ever want to get wrinkles,
you should have stopped smiling years ago."
- Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop
Friday
Recycling...
I had lots of fun taking part in a recycling voice project for Natural Scotland this week! Of course, we can all do a little (or heaps) to reduce landfill and waste. This old proverb sums it up neatly...
- New England proverb
tree image via google images, artist unknown
James Lowe
"beautiful & indeed very radio friendly" - BBC Radio Scotland
Image via labelleviegirl
Thursday
Family...
Today, I voiced a promotion for a collaboration between BBC Radio Scotland and Scottish Book Trust, inviting you to write a short story about an incredible character in your family. The story can be based around a particular person or event, and it can be funny, sad, old or new. It could be broadcast or published in a book. Would you love a special family character to be given a place in written or broadcasting history? Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/radioscotland/familylegends.
"If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors..." - Thich Nhat Hant
Tuesday
Influence...
"Did you ever watch a flock of sandpipers on the beach, how they ebb and flow with the tides.... at once they all will be flying in a certain direction, and then in an instant the entire flock will turn simultaneously and take a new direction...I suspect that it is but one bird that creates the thought that turns the flock, and the one thought becomes immediately manifested in all the others. The same Spirit that moves within the birds also moves within you. One person, one idea, one thought can turn the flock of society... It is not a question as to whether we make a difference, for we all make a difference, each of us in our own way. It is the difference we make that is important."
- Excerpt from speech attributed to Stalking Wolf, Apache
Thursday
Happy Trees...
Wednesday
Education...
- Aristotle
Tuesday
Humanity...
Sunday
Gandalf...
Saturday
Buddah...
Tuesday
Radio...
Innovation...
Voice projects are pretty much always a pleasure but some are especially rewarding, like encouraging innovation, talent and positive ideals. I recently voiced a promotional trailer on behalf of the Scottish Government and National Geographic TV, highlighting The Saltire Prize, Scotland's £10 million challenge to accelerate the commercial development of marine energy. It's exciting to think that this opportunity for innovative minds could lead to a clean, safe, renewable energy future, which will hopefully also protect and respect our natural environment too! Meanwhile, a commercial for Young Enterprise Scotland - aims to help young people in Scotland develop self esteem and find the entrepreneur within. I kicked off my career in media with the help of a youth training initiative - it was a great experience and as they say, I never looked back...