A reblog from a blog I follow

Graveyards of Scotland is a blog that I follow and I think how I started to follow it was when I posted about visiting Tomnahourich in Inverness when I was a child.  The link to that blog came up on my screen when writing the post because I was visiting a cemetery. https://graveyardsofscotland.com/2022/11/12/one-man-on-an-island/ If you…

Getting distracted

I have just returned home after a weekend in Canberra and I decided I needed to do some decluttering in my workroom.  Not sure why I decided to do this today but that was what happened.  For those of you who have seen my workroom you will be well aware that I have accumulated a…

Just for a laugh.

Our daughter wore this t-shirt when she was here during the holidays.  I absolutely love it.  My daughter’s partner gave her the t-shirt.  

Some recent reads

Both of these reads are from way back in August but I thought I should mention them as I enjoyed both of them for very different reasons. Val McDermid is one of my favourite authors and 1979 is her most recent book. 1979 is the story of Allie Burns, an investigative journalist whose stories lead…

A word popped up from my past.

I can’t remember what prompted the memory of this word but it certainly brought back memories of my childhood in Scotland.  I must have been a particularly sulky teenager as I remember my father saying to me on more than one occasion, “What’s that boosach for?” or “What’s that boosach about?” I can’t remember having…

Some Scottish places worth a visit for when you can, sometime in the future.

On catching up on the blogs I follow, I came across a post that sparked my enthusiasm for travel again.  Unfortunately I think it will be a while before it will be a sensible option to travel overseas.  Maybe another trip to New Zealand might be the first on our list that we are able…