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Life cycles
Pause for reflection. Our thoughts are with Diana just now. Moving on, Ban the Wasp is thrilled to announce the arrival of Miss Lily Alaine Cook, born 28th September 2013. She has the best big brother in Callum Fraser Cook, and we’re looking forward to getting to know her. Autumn is hurtling in…
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Post, equinoxial
As sweet and musical As bright Apollo’s lute, strung with his hair; And when Love speaks, the voice of all the gods Makes heaven drowsy with the harmony. Love’s Labour’s Lost (4.3.289-292) Shakespeare Thanks to Poppy Lee for that quote and please have a look at her website, she’s a genius. The trouble with being…
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Difficult stuff
Everyone, if you are far away from those you love, or if you are close to them and having an argument, just stop for thirty seconds and remember why you love them. And tell them.
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Murmur
If you have never followed this link before, why not do it now?
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Awareness
I have only JUST realised that while I deftly craft this on-line paean to things BTW, all the while soothed by the gentle curls, swoops and falls of Garamond font, it’s published in some nameless sans serif job. Pshaw.
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Ars longa, vita brevis
Had one of Kirsty’s famous wee hiatuses there, back now and wouldn’t you know it, it’s festival time, both here in Fife, and to a lesser extent in Edinburgh. We bought a picture at the Aberdour Festival whilst catching up with chums. We plunged into the fringe last weekend and then had to commune with…
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Gullible
So, last night, as the heatwave shows no sign of abating, it was back to Aberdour beach to watch the birds clean up the day’s food litter.
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Bauxite no more
Roasty toasty Fife still and ever on – went to Burntisland yesterday, and the scene was just lovely – every café was full to bursting, there were queues outside the chippies for cones of chips and cones of ice cream, screams from the shows*, and once I made it to the pool, delight as…
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Bucket List
Hear yourself singing on the radio. Check. Thanks Mincers and Pedro. More to follow, been a bit out of it yet again, but coming through on the coat tails of the usual suspects.
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Dereliction of duty
Poor old BTW always seems to suffer in the summer, seems we must be making good use of that extra day light after all. The birds all seem to disappear for several weeks round about now, but they’re back with a vengeance; from the upstairs office window I have just watched a flock of blue…