In the long-distant mists of time the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland were home to an inventive and industrious people.They produced an amber liquid […]
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Thoughts on a line of chalk….
Thoughts on a line of chalk…. Most know Robert Louis Stevenson as a famous author, Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and […]
Continue readingThe smoking of the pipe…
This text message out of the blue from my good friend Jerry appeared in my inbox. It got me to thinkin.’ Back in the day, […]
Continue readingThe crashing of the waves…
Recently a Scottish friend emailed me his description of a storm on ‘Bervie beach. In the seventies, for a few years, my family and I […]
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Back from Scotland: April/May 201906/01/2017-6:18 am At Angela’s in Deer Park, (IL) sitting in the back garden by the pool, enjoying the sound of an […]
Continue readingDID YOU KNOW THIS ABOUT THE PARIS OLYMPICS ?
Michael SpragueCapitol Commission ChaplainMandeville, LA Chariots of Fire won the Oscar for Best Picture in 1982. It depicted the true story of Eric Liddell winning […]
Continue readingA lesson…
One of the great things about being in Scotland may appear to be a little thing. But I read somewhere that someday the little things […]
Continue readingDavid Robertson on Scottish politics….and that of Western Civilization.
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Continue readingIts you and me Babe..
And then there were two… Twas the nights before Christmas and all through our house, it seemed a lot was stirring. There were brothers and […]
Continue readingAh, charity shops…
Along with the many freedoms we formerly enjoyed, the British have given us charity shops. Charity, it turns out is a Biblical concept and a […]
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