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Election Day. Campaigning is taking many different forms this week. There has been domestic service, delivering, advertising and being general dogsbodies. Polling has now started and the rosettes are being ironed ready to adorn those o­n duty at polling stations. … Continue reading →

Browsing through a mail order catalogue this week I came across the ultimate in pet accessories – A Pet stroller – complete with picture of a west highland terrier in its own doggy pushchair. They do try to say it … Continue reading →

A friend gave me lessons o­n folding, stuffing, sticking and stamping….   Yes, it was for the election effort! It seems she spent part of her youth in a mail-room and there is a definite technique for making life easier. That … Continue reading →

For two out of the three years I was at the University of St Andrews, I got up at five-thirty o­n May Day morning and went out to swim in the sea pool. It was freezing, full of seaweed but … Continue reading →

It was easier to buy a new car yesterday than new curtains for the lounge. In case you are interested, the car is a Fiat Punto and the curtains are magnolia.

I was speaking to a friend in Vienna last night courtesy of Skype. It is amazing what can be done with broadband. The quality was excellent. What I have discovered in using the system is that it can be variable … Continue reading →

There is a very good profile of the Moderator-Designate of the Church of Scotland – in Life and Work. (Our in-house magazine.) He is pictured at the beginning of the piece with Troon Marina in the background. He was our … Continue reading →

Mail order shopping has its advangages – and its disadvantages. I found the perfect wheelbarrow o­nline and duly ordered it, feeling smug that I was avoiding the problem of trying to fit it into the car and bring it home … Continue reading →

Bad news!  Two ginger toms in the same garden.

It is a very “Hands o­n” election campaign for me o­n this occasion. I am away helping with the cause…..feels a bit like it did in my CND years! Except I cannot stand up for as long.