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  • 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…

  • Other

    Snow today

    I was on the train today and saw a bit of snow on the hills.  There was none in Cupar itself, but the gritters were out this morning and it was bitterly cold.…

  • Other,  People

    Emojis

    We use Microsoft Teams to communicate between the three of us (with 37 stairs from top to bottom you can see why).  We even have a UNIX style MOTD which I use to…

  • Other

    Memory Box

    The beautiful mugs I got for my birthday came in an equally beautiful box. I decided to put some special mementos in it.  The cardboard box on top is a 21st birthday card…

  • Other,  People

    Birthday

    Happy birthday to me! I won’t say how old I am, but I was born in 1966 (hold on a second, doesn’t that mean….) Anyway – R and I went to Lidl for…