“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
What month are we in? It feels like November and my birthday! Presents galore. What I’m loving (as well as the wonderful gifts) is the fact that they come with just a tiny clue or two. And I’m being trusted to do the research myself and make up my own mind. OK. I might’ve got […]
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Bagpipe, Drum, Tartan, KILT Vibe :o) Take good care, y’all
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D’uh. Plain as day, GB. I have yet to meet (apart from Dad. Also a loner!!)) a SINGLE person who can cope with his and my genetic (Highland) tendency to move from harsh/malicious/VICIOUS to hysterical laughter and profound, uncontrollable sillyness in a single heartbeat. Hey. I was born like this. SUE ME ! Both he […]
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If there was just ONE thing in life that told my Dad EVERYTHING about a person…it was the state of their shoes. As a kid, I’d be made to sit on the back doorstep, in all winds and weather, cleaning my black leather school shoes. And not JUST the top parts. The bottoms too. Especially […]
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I’m dithering in my choice of audiobook to listen to tonight in bed. Prankster or Witch ? Witch or Prankster? Mmmmmmmmmn.
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There is a Very Specific kind of MALICE that y’all Never, EVER want to encounter. It’s called Highland Malice. And it’s based on Divine/Natural LAW. As in : You get what you give. What Goes Around, Comes Around. Or – in the vernacular –
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MS Media says that the Stone of Scone was recovered by 1953, just in time for B. Windsor to be crowned. Uurm. Some disagree with this (!!) And if you know the history of The Stone of Destiny aka Jacob’s Pillow aka The Stone of Scone – you’ll understand the significance of this. How many […]
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I really love this film. Despite everything! For some strange reason (shrug) I found myself in a conversation this morning with someone who has been “researching” Edward I (Longshanks) and is now of the opinion that he was a thoroughly good bean after all. Mmmn! I might’ve grown up a bit and mastered my hair […]
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Yes. I know it’s not Friday yet. But, gimme a break? Dad’s Army. Frazer meets an American with this….. I love Private Frazer – the archetypal dour Scot :o) Scots, wha hae wi’ Wallace bled, Scots, wham Bruce has aften led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to Victorie! Now’s the day, and now’s the […]
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Woah Back. I’m more up-to-date than I thought. The vidja below was uploaded a week ago. Woohooooo! Anyways….If you’ve read/loved/read again M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth books, you’ll know ALL about Sonsie. The Highland Wild Cat that he found dying on his doorstep one day. And how he just about bankrupted himself to save Sonsie’s life. […]
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I love that phrase. And I know someone (with more Scandinavian DNA than me) who has a far greater knowledge of the Isles than I do! Slàinte mhath, fellow Outlander :o) One day we may get to The Orkneys and the King, Hereafter.
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OMG. Gimme a break. I’m busy cooking. So y’all’ll get two for one here – known in the UK as BOGOF (BOG OFF) – Buy one get one free (?) OH. And Just In Case y’all haven’t work it out yet (?!) This place here is MY website. MY research. MY home. MY work…. And […]
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