Category: Scotland

LAST GB Word of the Day : Wildebeest

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Ooops. Sorry. My bad. E. M. Forster – Room with a View (?) E. M. Forster – Where Angels Fear to Tread….which a zillion years ago was one of my Eng Lit exam books :o(   Where Angels Fear to Tread (1905) is a novel by E. M. Forster. The title comes from a line in Alexander […]

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Galadriel HAS Left This Realm :o)

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I’ve left the gesture to MR. Bean :o) P.S. GRR whatever – Take your GoT and stick every stolen “story”………..!?!    

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Handfasting

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Check it out. I’m too busy IRL!   It’s an “ancient” Celtic marriage rite binding (handfasting) a man and a woman. And can be done anywhere. Preferably a beautiful outdoors setting.   BEAUTIFUL :o)

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Duke of Sutherland

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A wee bit of Highland history ?   Wiki : Duke of Sutherland   Wiki : Highland Clearances   Wiki : Clan Gregor   MY father is dead. His father is dead. His father…….etc.   An Act of the Scottish Parliament from 1617 stated(translated into modern English): It was ordained that the name of MacGregor […]

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Shakespeare vs Sir Walter Scott

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OK. I’ve checked. Checked and re-checked. I’ve always thunk that the “What a tangled web” quote came from Sir Walter Scott. But many think that it’s WS.   Shakespeare’s surviving works add up to a staggering 884,647 words and 118,406 lines. … Though commonly attributed to the Bard, Shakespeare never wrote or said “Oh what a tangled web we weave […]

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Red Hot Chilli Pipers – 343 The Fallen

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Oh. I recognise that Castle :o) I’ve gan hame to MY people who actually CARE about people. Over the Forth Bridge from Edinburgh to the ROYAL Kingdom of Fife.  

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April FOOL’s Day

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Via the TAROT ?   WikiBarf : The Fool   To ME it means … New Beginnings. Moving On with just a dog and a bindle of essentials. NO baggage. NO past, NO known future. BLIND FAITH. Or – if you are more inclined to the Dark Side. Foolish Behaviour. Regret. Sorrow for not being […]

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Death of a Celebrity

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For some weird reason, I’ve spent the last few nights in bed with my iPad audiobook vibe connected to my lugs, re-re-re listening to this book. I read it first. Then downloaded the audio. I LOVED it so much :o) Trouble is… …I am SO sleep deprived lately that I get through Chapter One and […]

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