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Whether dependent
First up a film – Paul’s mum found this and I warn you, if you have not been to Scotland for some time look away now, because it will make you cry. In a good way, and remember our cities are still full of litter and badly designed traffic systems, just like yours. Scotrail ground…
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Mincers
Hopefully this will link to the item in the DB diary written by my Mincermate Bill Ewing. DB Diary Feb 14
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Al-Gharb
Somewhat uncharacteristically we jetted off to warmer climes last weekend. John & Yvonne are spending winter in Portugal and we thought we had better go and see them. Never having been to the Algarve we were very excited, and once installed it felt like walking out of a black and white film into a…
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Ahem
The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed a new link to the right here – Paul bought me a website for the band. There’s a lot to be added yet and it may change style, although personally I think it’s calm and easy on the eye. I have to try not to put in too…
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Monday Monday
This poem came into my head today. Well, it did once I got home and the work buzz kept going. Long Legged Fly That civilisation may not sink, Its great battle lost, Quiet the dog, tether the pony To a distant post; Our master Caesar is in the tent Where the maps are spread, His…
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Gazing with ganders
We had a very successful event last night for DB Astro (link at the side there) with a visit to the dark site afterwards. I did not attend the latter, not feeling too chipper since so far this calendar year I have had two colds and one episode of acute back pain, but hey ho,…
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Ticking and tocking
“The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.” ― Leonard Cohen Have to admit there is a lot of truth in that, many people seem to take lack of sleep as a badge of honour and I have probably been guilty of that too. The truth for me…
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IOS7 adventures in cyberspace
Hello from the iPad, this is my first attempt to post from a remote location, in this case downstairs. Just home from Ne’erday lunch with John and Yvonne, which was delicious. Bit of a horrid journey home, since the rain was hammering down on saturated ground, which meant the roads were flooded, but we’re back…
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Auld Lang Syne
We twa hae paidl’t in the burn, From morning sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roar’d Sin auld lang syne. That is my favourite verse from Burns’ poem, a masterpiece which is still being sung around the world as I type. I have just been looking at comments on Facebook and I…
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Happy Hogmanay
..is what Callum shouted to us this afternoon as we were leaving. Couldn’t put it better.