The King and Queen of America

Thursday, 20 February 2020, 13:43.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Let me tell y’all a wee secret! My domain name will be back with me tomorrow. Woooohoooooooooo! Can’t wait :o) Meanwhile back at the pits, let’s enjoy a bit of Lennox and Stewart taking the proverbial. Oh. Yes

OH! The Larceny

Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 18:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

stealing, especially (in the US) the crime of taking something that does not belong to you I’m a girl on a mission. Something that I was born to complete. Re-wind. Re-peat. I KNOW who I am & I KNOW where I come from. Take That ?

Death of A Bore

Saturday, 15 February 2020, 14:55.Reading time 2 minutes.

Not bored to death but murder most foul . . . Celebrated author John Heppel is known in Lochdubh as a self-important bore, prone to belittling the scribblings of the locals in his creative writing class. So when he’s found dead, his mouth oozing ink, it seems a fitting fate.But for PC Hamish Macbeth the […]

National Treasure

Saturday, 15 February 2020, 13:07.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lady Macbeth is heeeeeerrrrrre. Stealing AGAIN!!!!!!!! Look up Boundaries, Lady M And Beyond The Pale Aye???

Wolves Return to Scotland

Saturday, 15 February 2020, 9:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

You can’t keep a Siberian Husky/Alaskan Malamute away from the snow :o)

Ironic

Friday, 14 February 2020, 14:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Boyce and Guest doing one of my fave Alanis Morissette songs. P.S. We have a Bangladeshi/Scottish friend from Aberdeen who, whenever a bug lands in his dram (black fly in your Chardonnay,) grabs the little beastie, shakes it and shouts, “Sput ut oot, freeloader!” LOL :o)

“What You Do With What You’ve Got”

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 12:30.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yeah. Yeah. Whatever! Done this at least 3 times now but… …This is probably one of THE most truthful songs ever written. Sung by an amazing voice. Backed by amazing piano and guitar musicians. Why not Watch/ Look/LISTEN again ? What’ll it cost y’all. It’s FREE here!

Brick Brochs

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 10:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If Subphotonic is right about the bricks melting – does that mean that the Brochs of Scotland were once red brick buildings??? Just curious :o) Stupid timelines. Sheesh !

I Have a Theory!

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 6:37.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve been thinking lots about that camel that mysteriously appeared in Ireland via Scotland in the first half of the 12th century. My theory is – maybe if Doggerland WAS real and Ireland WAS connected to mainland Britain and Scandinavia WAS ALSO connected to the above as well as Europe – then a camel in […]

Edgar – King of Scotland

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 17:19.Reading time 1 minute.

Edgar was certainly not heir by primogeniture, as later kings would be, since Duncan II had a legitimate son and heir in the person of William fitz Duncan.[7] With Donald and Edmund removed, however, Edgar was uncontested king of Scots, and his reign incurred no major crisis. Compared with his rise to power, Edgar’s reign is obscure. One […]

In honour of Frigg/Freya

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 14:59.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Or Friday – so they say – I’m looking into the hidden history of a man called Valentine. And why TF “we” spend a fortune saying I LOVE YOU just this ONE day of the year. Bizarre and silly. Wiki : Valentine

My Old Friend The Blues

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 14:36.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I woke up at stupid o’clock this morning with a line from a song in my head. Rewind. Replay…. It took a while to remember which song and which singer. Tut! Eddi said it!

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