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Years ago I used to gather with a whole load of friends (teenagers, so it was a very long time ago…..) We avidly watched the Royal Variety Performance on a Sunday night as it was then, delighted to see top … Continue reading →

Or are they plotting mahem?

Each year round about this time I sort out the list for Christmas cards. And each year I try to work out how to do labels. In the six years since I have had a computer based address list I … Continue reading →

And it was on the morning of the fourth day that Piglet’s bottle came floating past him, and with one loud cry of “Honey!” Pooh plunged into the water, seied the bottle, and struggled back to his tree again. Tigger’s … Continue reading →

A member of my past congregation sends me on the church magazine every couple of months or so. It sometimes provokes sad memories, maybe because someone has died, but often there are happier times brought to mind. This month I was … Continue reading →

Well she had been snuffling in the wet grass…..

Time for a haircut again. That means driving into Oban in the rain again. I can’t quite make myself get out the Christmas CDs, though that might put me in the mood to encourage the yearly ritual of getting the … Continue reading →

To think – I enjoyed England’s victory in the Ashes last year. And now……enough said.

And still it rains. And still the builders do not appear. And Christmas is coming. Another ordinary day…….

Planet Earth is an outstanding nature series from the BBC. It seems trite to call it just a “nature series” for it looks at the earth as near as is possible, like an outsider. One insider watching it last night … Continue reading →