Ron McMillan's Blog

A Troubled Conscience

Posted by Ron McMillan on 21st February 2010

My conscience is bothering me. What’s the use of a blog if you don’t write it?

I have never had any problem with mitigating circumstances. With generating and reaching for…

Soi 26

Posted by Ron McMillan on 10th December 2009

I am coming to understand, and certainly to appreciate, that I presently live in a village. A village in the middle of a sprawling city the exact size of which…

Onward Bound

Posted by Ron McMillan on 14th November 2009

In a little over twelve hours I’ll be airborne, initial destination the cheerless temple to duty free consumption that is the giant Dubai Airport, where the two-hour connection gap should…

Never Say No

Posted by Ron McMillan on 24th October 2009

Never say no to a challenge, since only if you fail will you realise that perhaps you ought not to have taken it on in the first place. And by…

Seoul, Saigon & Sauchiehall

Posted by Ron McMillan on 1st October 2009

In thirty largely itinerant years, I have been blessedly free from misfortune of the criminal variety. Until today, I could say I had never had anything stolen, and that, so…