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Bring in the new
Welcome to the world, Ellie Thomson, born 15th January in Luxembourg, to Kerry and Ross. A wonderful start to 2018.
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Sesquipedalian
Adj sesquipedal or sesquipedalian (of objects or words) a foot and a half long — of words, very long and pedantic. [L. sesqui — semisque —semis, half a unit, que, and] © Chambers Concise Dictionary 1991 Hello 2018! Woke up with that word floating about my head. I have always liked its rhythm, and I…
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Festive
Thanks to Colin Hay for the picture of the band taken last night, when After 8 Mince played a Christmas gig for our local chums. Special thanks to everyone for turning up on a freezing cold night, and to the ladies for serving the refreshments. Also cheers to my…
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Button it
Well, having looked up buttons on Wiki I found myself, within five seconds, analysing my hands for a possible deformity known as boutonnière’s. Beware the internet my son, to paraphrase Lewis Carroll. Did you know that the word chortle comes from his poem? I didn’t. So, on to the matter in hand, a creative project…
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Dieselected
We have finally made the leap from a diesel powered car to an electric one. Friends are already learning not to ask us how we travelled when we meet up….. suffice to say it requires a whole new attitude to travelling. We’ve been to a few places not usually on our our map, especially football…
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10th November
A whole two years since we lost Dad, always in our thoughts.
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Jigtime
Corporation Road II On my red swing I swept high as its iron chains allowed, the sky I rushed toward disdained to gather me; I birded up, dizzied by its blue, its ungovernable clouds – come back, said the Earth I have your shadow. Kathleen Jamie, The Bonniest Companie, Picador 2015…
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Travellin’ folk
Well, the dearth of posts lately will surely suffice to indicate that once again it has been a very busy time here. Since our holiday we have also had a memorable trip to Glasgow to spend time with the Whites and Burgesses, the main driver of which was to have a meal together at the…
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Doggone
After 8 Mince played to raise money for West Fife Guide Dogs on Friday, which was fun, as many of the canine superstars were in attendance, and some even joined in the singing. Here we all are with Innes the puppy, many thanks to Karen Yates for the picture. …