Dr Russell Jones
@russjoneswrites.bsky.social
If you use public transport and have to sneeze and cough, please at least cover your mouth and nose when doing so. I don't want to get ill.
Looking at you, several people on the bus in Edinburgh.
Looking at you, several people on the bus in Edinburgh.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you use public transport and have to sneeze and cough, please at least cover your mouth and nose when doing so. I don't want to get ill.
Looking at you, several people on the bus in Edinburgh.
Looking at you, several people on the bus in Edinburgh.
One great way to prevent setting your house on fire when cooking a turkey, is to not deep fry it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
One great way to prevent setting your house on fire when cooking a turkey, is to not deep fry it.
Tonight at Chez Jones: (shop bought) chicken tikka masala, chicken madras, mango pickle, naan, salad (red onion, lettuce, tomato).
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: (shop bought) chicken tikka masala, chicken madras, mango pickle, naan, salad (red onion, lettuce, tomato).
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Tonight at Chez Jones: chicken breast cooked in butter, thyme and rosemary. Air fried Brussel sprouts. Sweet potato fries. Vegetable medley (see Saturday's post for the ingredients)
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: chicken breast cooked in butter, thyme and rosemary. Air fried Brussel sprouts. Sweet potato fries. Vegetable medley (see Saturday's post for the ingredients)
Just watched Coda - while I think it is basically a rehash of other "music is inspiration" movies, I think there's a single difference that made it way better... disability. The focus on a mostly-deaf family made the film for me.
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Just watched Coda - while I think it is basically a rehash of other "music is inspiration" movies, I think there's a single difference that made it way better... disability. The focus on a mostly-deaf family made the film for me.
Christmas is coming, so we need to ask the important questions:
what's the best cheese?
what's the best cheese?
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Christmas is coming, so we need to ask the important questions:
what's the best cheese?
what's the best cheese?
Tonight at Chez Jones: honey roasted chicken, vegetable medley, air fried Brussel sprouts.
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: honey roasted chicken, vegetable medley, air fried Brussel sprouts.
Reposted by Dr Russell Jones
Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality…
—James Robertson, “Doctor Wha”
in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social
A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality…
—James Robertson, “Doctor Wha”
in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social
A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Wha’s Doctor Wha? Wha better kens nor he
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality…
—James Robertson, “Doctor Wha”
in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social
A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
o time and space, shape-shiftin as he reels
through endless versions o reality…
—James Robertson, “Doctor Wha”
in WHERE ROCKETS BURN THROUGH (2012) , ed @russjoneswrites.bsky.social
A #poem for #DoctorWhoDay
Treated myself to a new insulated hoodie since it's colder now and my old one's getting a bit raggedy.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Treated myself to a new insulated hoodie since it's colder now and my old one's getting a bit raggedy.
Sunday lunch at Chez Jones: caramelised red onion sausages, fried eggs, (Branston) baked beans, HP sauce.
November 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Sunday lunch at Chez Jones: caramelised red onion sausages, fried eggs, (Branston) baked beans, HP sauce.
Watching the remastered Terminator 2: Judgement Day, it looks so good! I've seen the original (1991) a dozen times or more, but the clarity on the remaster makes it look like a newly shot movie. Not at the liquid metal parts yet though. Still, impressive.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Watching the remastered Terminator 2: Judgement Day, it looks so good! I've seen the original (1991) a dozen times or more, but the clarity on the remaster makes it look like a newly shot movie. Not at the liquid metal parts yet though. Still, impressive.
Tonight at Chez Jones: honey-roasted chicken, brocolli, vegetable medley.
Medley: leek, spinach, celery, carrot, chicken stock, milk, wholegrain mustard, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, fennel seed, tarragon.
Medley: leek, spinach, celery, carrot, chicken stock, milk, wholegrain mustard, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, fennel seed, tarragon.
November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: honey-roasted chicken, brocolli, vegetable medley.
Medley: leek, spinach, celery, carrot, chicken stock, milk, wholegrain mustard, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, fennel seed, tarragon.
Medley: leek, spinach, celery, carrot, chicken stock, milk, wholegrain mustard, bay leaf, rosemary, thyme, garlic, bay leaf, fennel seed, tarragon.
Watched and enjoyed "VelociPastor" - a pastor who turns into a dinosaur fights crime and ninjas.
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Watched and enjoyed "VelociPastor" - a pastor who turns into a dinosaur fights crime and ninjas.
Saturday brunch at Chez Jones: cumin roti stuffed with scrambled eggs, butter chicken thighs, cheddar, garlic sauce, chilli sauce).
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Saturday brunch at Chez Jones: cumin roti stuffed with scrambled eggs, butter chicken thighs, cheddar, garlic sauce, chilli sauce).
Looking for an uplifting read on the build up to Christmas?
Bucket List: 70-ish widow Dot lives a lonely life which is turned upside down when she befriends a young offender, and they complete her bucket list together.
Also available as an audiobook.
birlinn.co.uk/product/buck...
Bucket List: 70-ish widow Dot lives a lonely life which is turned upside down when she befriends a young offender, and they complete her bucket list together.
Also available as an audiobook.
birlinn.co.uk/product/buck...
Bucket List | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online
Two lonely strangers. One chance encounter. Six winning numbers. Dot is a lonely pensioner. Max is a young offender. But a chance meeting in their local park changes everything for this unlikely duo. ...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Looking for an uplifting read on the build up to Christmas?
Bucket List: 70-ish widow Dot lives a lonely life which is turned upside down when she befriends a young offender, and they complete her bucket list together.
Also available as an audiobook.
birlinn.co.uk/product/buck...
Bucket List: 70-ish widow Dot lives a lonely life which is turned upside down when she befriends a young offender, and they complete her bucket list together.
Also available as an audiobook.
birlinn.co.uk/product/buck...
Walking from the gym, a speeding car almost hit me at an intersection with a STOP sign. If I hadn't had my wits about me and stopped walking (literally to the second), I'd be seriously injured or dead. I tried looking at the driver to imply "WTF?!", she didn't even seem to realise I was there. Ugh.
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Walking from the gym, a speeding car almost hit me at an intersection with a STOP sign. If I hadn't had my wits about me and stopped walking (literally to the second), I'd be seriously injured or dead. I tried looking at the driver to imply "WTF?!", she didn't even seem to realise I was there. Ugh.
Huge congratulations and well done to my good pal and great guy Tim Craven who won the poetry debut prize in a very competitive year at the Saltire Book Awards! Check out his award winning collection NOW. Great Xmas gift too.
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Huge congratulations and well done to my good pal and great guy Tim Craven who won the poetry debut prize in a very competitive year at the Saltire Book Awards! Check out his award winning collection NOW. Great Xmas gift too.
Tonight at Chez Jones: lamb ragu, brown fusilli, parmesan.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: lamb ragu, brown fusilli, parmesan.
As a non-fan of punting a bladder about a greasy rectangle and following recent Scotland-relevant news, I anticipate pressing "not interested" a lot in the near future.
Brought to you by: describing something in a way which hopefully won't make the algorithms think I like it.
Brought to you by: describing something in a way which hopefully won't make the algorithms think I like it.
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
As a non-fan of punting a bladder about a greasy rectangle and following recent Scotland-relevant news, I anticipate pressing "not interested" a lot in the near future.
Brought to you by: describing something in a way which hopefully won't make the algorithms think I like it.
Brought to you by: describing something in a way which hopefully won't make the algorithms think I like it.
Meet today's Wet Head Award winner... Eddie Spaghetti Jones!!!
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Meet today's Wet Head Award winner... Eddie Spaghetti Jones!!!
Tonight at Chez Jones: roasted chicken legs, carrots cooked in chicken stock, butter bean stew topped with stilton cheese.
Stew: onions, garlic, butter beans, butter, tomato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, milk, chicken stock.
Stew: onions, garlic, butter beans, butter, tomato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, milk, chicken stock.
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: roasted chicken legs, carrots cooked in chicken stock, butter bean stew topped with stilton cheese.
Stew: onions, garlic, butter beans, butter, tomato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, milk, chicken stock.
Stew: onions, garlic, butter beans, butter, tomato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, milk, chicken stock.
Edinburgh is apparently cold, wet, dark and potentially snowy today. Enjoy.
November 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Edinburgh is apparently cold, wet, dark and potentially snowy today. Enjoy.
Tonight at Chez Jones: duck egg fried rice with sweet and sour vegetables (peppers, courgette, onion, pineapple).
Rice: brown rice, garlic, duck, spring onions, chillies, eggs, msg, sesame oil, five spice.
Sauce: pineapple juice, chillies, star anise, red peppers, honey, rice vinegar, ketchup.
Rice: brown rice, garlic, duck, spring onions, chillies, eggs, msg, sesame oil, five spice.
Sauce: pineapple juice, chillies, star anise, red peppers, honey, rice vinegar, ketchup.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tonight at Chez Jones: duck egg fried rice with sweet and sour vegetables (peppers, courgette, onion, pineapple).
Rice: brown rice, garlic, duck, spring onions, chillies, eggs, msg, sesame oil, five spice.
Sauce: pineapple juice, chillies, star anise, red peppers, honey, rice vinegar, ketchup.
Rice: brown rice, garlic, duck, spring onions, chillies, eggs, msg, sesame oil, five spice.
Sauce: pineapple juice, chillies, star anise, red peppers, honey, rice vinegar, ketchup.