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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
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Summer solstice
I rather like the idea that the summer solstice heralds the start of summer proper. It gets away from the feeling that we have reached the shortest night and that it is all downhill till Christmas. The summer is hidden … Continue reading
Feeling good
Feeling virtuous at any rate – the weather has alternately been bright sunshine or chucking it down rain. Managed to walk the dog in a dry spell. You’ve got to look on the bright side. There is a wonderful cartoon … Continue reading
Banking mayhem
Actually, this is really about cash machines and how things can go wrong. In a Co-op store I needed to draw out some cash and decided to use their decidely clunky-looking ATM. It timed out, refused to give me any … Continue reading
Sunday smiles
Approaching the caravan site shop yesterday morning I saw the shopkeeper sweeping the front steps. “Do you sell Sunday papers?” I asked “Only on Sundays” was the quick reply. I wonder how often he had been able to use that … Continue reading
Another way of thinking
From Mary Robins Long she rested within her own inner larva skin, dried, unshaped, sleeping. Slowly she opened: her inner butterfly, new and moist, came to her. They rested together in the Sun; she let the butterfly reach her inner … Continue reading
Need cheering up
Take a look at this – recommended by a friend. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k&annotation_id=annotation_72265&feature=iv]
Well behaved dog
Misty was at the vet yesterday to get her eyes checked. She has had a shortage of “tears” in her right eye for some time, which necessitates ointment every day. (That is the tears you cry rather than tears that … Continue reading
Feathered Friends
New visitors to the bird feeder. (Collared doves) Very welcome till they were discovered eating up all the sunflower seeds in one greedy binge. The seed-feeder has now been relegated to a hook they can’t reach, and they are having … Continue reading