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Downtime
Paul & I recently managed to synch our calendars so that we had a long weekend together. First stop was Perth, where we were introduced to Miss Alexandra Carmichael by proud mum Annelie. Dad Craig was not too well, hopefully better now and we’ll see him next time. Alan Alpenfelt was also there; thanks…
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Blood Makes Noise
Anyone who knows me, knows that encroaching deafness is one of my issues. Amongst other things it means that big gigs are out of the question since I cannot afford to lose any more sensitivity in my left ear. However, as documented, we recently went to hear Suzanne Vega in Glasgow and this song was…
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Ruby Saturday
Yesterday we were invited to Elspeth & Colin’s Ruby Wedding celebration, the venue for which was dad’s flat in Stirling, yes again, I think he may start to charge us soon. We drove through in frankly atrocious conditions, a trench of intense rain cloud was hanging over the central belt, and it honestly felt…
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Darkness stalks the earth
There is nothing I can say about the current dismal weather that will make one whit of difference, so I shan’t bother. Instead, we have been out and about; last weekend our intrepid traveller friend Rieko visited from Tokyo via London, and we went to see jousting at Linlithgow (noisy), the Falkirk Wheel (round), Brit…
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The b(e)at goes on
As indeed does the rain. Luckily it held off last weekend when we attended Ciara’s first communion and confirmation, and allowed us a very brief but interesting picnic in the Kirkgate park, Kinross. There was an exhibition there hosted by various local wildlife and history interst groups and if we’d known there was going…