Author Archives: Ian

I think it rained here in SW Scotland overnight, but I wasn’t spending a lot of time looking out of the window in the dark – but certainly the window was well splashed with wet. But by morning the rain … Continue reading →

The weather forecasters have warned us and warned us and warned us about Storm Babet -and it certainly looks as though parts of the east coast of Scotland are going to get a good wetting. And yet – and yet … Continue reading →

On my way into town this afternoon, for my monthly blood letting – why take blood OUT when you have a low haemoglobin level I ask myself – I noticed that our garage of choice, which has had red cones … Continue reading →

I opened my eyes. he clock said 5.45 am or thereabouts – I wasn’t too switched on at that point. The alarm was set for 6.00 am so I lay and watched the time count down and then switched it … Continue reading →

We have, alas, been off the air for a few days due to a technical hitch now solved with the assistance of Heart Internet support – to whom, many thanks.

Pleasant and amusing reading by a very observant lady. Short stories – really quite short, but very effective – by a lady writing during World War 2. One of Persephone Books imprints.

Sunday Lunch Asparagus from the fertile fields of the Tesco Plain, served on a heated, specially selected china plate with a butter dressing. (Asparagus from Tesco with a blob of Country Life Spread.) Lightly dusted pan fried Haddock served as … Continue reading →

October is the treasurer of the year,And all the months pay bounty to her store;The fields and orchards still their tribute bear,And fill her brimming coffers more and more.But she, with youthful lavishness,Spends all her wealth in gaudy dress,And decks … Continue reading →

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!The Campbells are comin to bonie Lochleven,The Campbells are comin Oho! Oho! Well, the Campbells have been this week, but not to fight any battles on this soil. When we … Continue reading →

No doubt, dear reader, you will have read something of the First World War. You may even have visited the Western Front, or at least that part of it held by British and Commonwealth (“Empire” in those days) Forces and … Continue reading →