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Colleagues have kindly given me the opportunity to have major input into the content of my Farewell Service scheduled for Saturday. Now the temptation is to include all my favourite hymns. However that is probably too predictable. So what can … Continue reading →

I have been away this past weekend so did not buy my usual Sunday Times; fortunately Gordon from Scottish Bloggers www.scottishblogs.co.uk alerted me to the fact that there was an article o­n blogging in the Ecosse Section of the paper. … Continue reading →

A publisher friend tells me that the problem with writing fiction, a novel or short story in particular, is that there is a special skill in writing convincing dialogue. I obviously need to practice, so here goes with my own … Continue reading →

The opening of The Tao of Pooh (Benjamin Hoff) says much about my state of mind in these pre-removal days. And it reminds me that humour is essential to balanced living. “What's this you're writing?” asked Pooh, climbing o­nto the … Continue reading →

A week today the congregation at Kilbrandon and Kilchattan are having my “Leaving Do.” Of course I shall be there to say farewell and hopefully to take part in the service, but it will all be hard. Although I shall … Continue reading →

Today the last rep from a removers is coming to look around and assess our wordly goods for an estimate. What a palaver it all is! The place is beginning to look a bit of a state as piles destined … Continue reading →

Tenacity and courage have to be admired; both were displayed today in the person of a truck driver from our local quarry. He had set out to deliver a large load of gravel to o­ne of our neighbours. Not all … Continue reading →

It seemed a good idea to have a computer that could take to bits without having to find a screwdriver, and with the attendant risk of losing the screws down in amongst the works. But…..that is always supposing that the … Continue reading →

Have sold my first two items o­n eBay this week. So now I am a seller as well as a buyer. It is an amazing concept altogether. Why is it that somebody else always has the ideas that will make … Continue reading →

I have been busy trying to finalise estimates for the removal. We get the keys for the new house o­n 22nd March, so there is not much time. Removal anticipated for the end of the month probably. But it is … Continue reading →