Haggis Go Home
As we steadfastly march behind our Dear Leader towards the glorious dawn of Scottish Independence, fanned by the zephyr-like breath of the tens of millions of wind turbines crowding across every...
View ArticleHere’s tae us. Wha likes us? Part 1
Just to reassure Sheona before she corrects me. I know that is not the toast. It is, of course, ‘Here’s tae us. Wha’s like us? Damn few and they’re a’ deid.’ A typically modest, unassuming, totally...
View ArticleThird Photograph Competition of 2014
Thanks to the Judgment of Araminta I have the honour of setting the next subject. You have to understand that I am just a wee thing obsessed at the moment. I may find on 19 September 2014 that I am no...
View ArticleOn Your Mark! Get Set! Don’t Blow!
In case you missed it, the upcoming Weegie Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony ran into a wee bit of controversy recently. Obviously, we in Caledonia were never going have anything like the same amount...
View ArticleThird Photographic Competition 2014 – Result
The subject was William Shakespeare and anything that inspired you from his life, his works or his many famous quotations. The closing date was 23rd April 2014. For the avoidance of doubt, my choice of...
View ArticleSerendipity and Sadness
I have been a fan of serendipity ever since I was fortunate enough to stumble upon the word. I think that might be one of the reasons why I struggle to be a conspiracy theorist. For me, there are...
View ArticleIt’s A Worry No 1 – The Open
In 1986 or thereby, four of us flew to Malaga for a week’s golf at Sotogrande. We flew from Newcastle and enjoyed the trip down listening to the designated driver’s audio tapes of the Masters...
View ArticleMrs M Forever
There I was manning the barricades of sanity against the gibbering hordes of the SNP and attempting to counter their deranged rantings with carefully selected barbs of calm wit and reason. And, to be...
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