I’m excited to introduce my new website, drgillianshirreffs.com. In truth, it’s my first website. Sunshinescot is little more than a blog with bells on that I started in 2008 to keep family and friends up to date with our adventures on the other side of the Atlantic. I was a Scot in the Sunshine StateContinue reading “New Website”
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For the Love of Brodie
Brodie has given me nothing but good things and I’m grateful for every one of them. I love a list, so here goes. .. There was the initial idea and all the fun I had playing with the notion that I could actually write a novel narrated by an inanimate object. This was made allContinue reading “For the Love of Brodie”
365 Days in 365 Words
I’m not normally big on reviewing the years of my life… 1975 – Started primary school. 1982 – Finished primary and started secondary school. 1988 – Finished secondary school and started university. 1992 – Graduated with my first degree (there would be more) and began a one-year sabbatical as President of the Glasgow University Students’Continue reading “365 Days in 365 Words”
Day 250
Just after eight this morning, I went for a dog walk. It was unzipped jacket with a light scarf sort of weather. Beautiful blue sky. I was keenly aware of the pavement beneath my feet, the dogs’ leads in my hands, and a deep sense of gratitude. I’ve been aware of a milestone approaching. DayContinue reading “Day 250”
Day 218
It’s 218 days since I first walked along the corridor to the Macmillan Day Case Unit at The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre. 214 days since I was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital with neutropenic sepsis. A day since I last walked along the corridor to the Macmillan Day Case Unit. InContinue reading “Day 218”
it is what it is
It’s been a while. A while of not writing. A while of having nothing to say. Except certain phrases: Don’t get cancer. It’ll be fine. It is what it is. I say them often. On a loop. Not to the same people. I seem to reserve Don’t get cancer for friends. People my age, orContinue reading “it is what it is”
Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts
I’m a fiction writer. It’s what makes me happy. But sometimes I write fact. A case in point is an essay I’ve written for my doctoral project entitled Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts. My essay is being serialised this week in the brilliant medical humanities journal, The Polyphony. If you’re interested in following along,Continue reading “Illness: A Narrative in Four Parts”
