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  • Cupar,  Other

    Dove Rescue

    I was getting ready for my upholstery class at lunchtime today, and was looking at Facebook (as you do) while I drank my coffee.  Suddenly I saw a post – someone had seen…

  • Other

    This did Herod sore affray

    Epiphany Sunday today.  There was a rather sweet thing in church this morning – I have never seen (or noticed) this before, but the Wise Men were not in the crib at Christmas,…

  • Games,  Other

    A blade from the past

    R, J and I played Dungeons and Dragons for many many years.  In fact for years when we were all in much more straitened circumstances than we are now, we used to have…

  • Other,  Travel

    Home again

    We stayed overnight at a local hotel and went back to my Mum’s for lunch. N had cooked fish pie which was very good but different to mine as I cook my fish…

  • Other,  Travel

    New Year

    A little retrospective on the last year.  2025 has on the whole been a very good year for me.  Most of 2024 was a bit of a write off as I spent a…

  • House,  Other

    Normal life resumes

    Well that is me got my blog back from the cats.  I am not sure I am letting them curate it again – they were frankly a bit rude about us.    They…

  • Creative,  Other

    Big Ted at Christmas

    This is another story about Big Ted the bear from my childhood which I wrote for my family at Christmas. Lots of illustrations (done with the help of AI as it would have…

  • Cats,  House,  Other

    Christmas Tree(s)

    Our real Christmas tree came from Caulders the local garden centre today.  I got a real 8′ one because with ceilings this high I felt we needed the grandeur of a big tree.…

  • Other

    U3A Christmas Party

    I went to the U3A (University of the Third Age) Christmas Party today – with having been out in the middle of nowhere for so long – it is ages since I went…