This is the short talk I gave at my Grandma's funeral on Friday. Well roughly anyway - this is what I intended to say, and managed most ...

Goodbye Little Grandma Rest in Peace Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; t...

Traditionally, charities have been exempt from paying water/sewerage charges. Providing water for everything from homeless shelters to churc...

Having extolled the virtues of a good bog-book, here's one that has amused me of late! Contrary to the expected stereotype, Maconie is ...

I posted recently on a number of good things available as podcasts these days and how much I was enjoying several of them, here. Recent wee...

So all we could do was to Sit! ............... Sit! ............................ Sit! ........................................ Sit! And we d...

Everyone should have a bog-book. In common with all other humans, there are a few quiet moments every day which I spend hidden away, allowin...

"You'll never squeeze another house in there!" -" Just watch us!"

The headline of the day is that there is industrial action looming, and a walkout planned at...... ACAS! (incidentally, why is there only on...

A cold, grimy day on 'The Buachaille' The walking and outdoor programme has just been announced for the year - and it looks good, wi...

Where the longing to be, collides with the work to be done. Where the joy and the mess, mingle shamelessly together. Where wounds are both ...

I spotted this yesterday, and thought I had come accross a scandalous cutting-of-corners by a builder who couldn't be bothered putting e...

That which is divided can yet grow as one

Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early

The In-laws are having a clear out, which means we have been the happy recipients of several boxes of suspect material from the bedroom my ...

I was somewhat surprised to find myself reading this one, as it is distinctly not the sort of thing I usually read! The circumstances them...

We are once again in the middle of hosting " The Marriage Course ", this time with a completely different group of people - and o...

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me..... and to celebrate it I have just been presented with this, a bottle of Jura malt whisky, by ...

The "Horns of Alligin" from the summit of Beinn Alligin. I was sorting out old photos taken from before I had this blog and stumbl...

As the heat of the coarse desert sand Burns the soles of my feet I cannot stand still for long. As the burning arid desert air Cracks my par...

The visit of the family (Northern Ireland branch) was a good excuse to go exploring and enjoy some of the countryside we have the privilege ...

I'm looking forward to this event coming up in Perth soon, and hoping that I'll be able to get (or at least get a copy of the record...

The Onion News Network produces news coverage of this quality every day! Their high-quality investigative reporting is now available on podc...

A flight from Glasgow to the "Norwich: Alan Partridge International Airport", carried us high above the snowdrifts that were trapp...

Perth, about an hour ago.

Young Boris' wish finally came true at the weekend when he was taken to a professional football match. He often plays on Saturday mornin...

Delivered by stealth, under cover of darkness, I arrived at concrete, soulless Euston. Having slipped silently over the dark silhouettes of ...

I have been immersed in this book for the last week or so. I was given it as a Christmas present, and I must admit when I received it I wa...

The only thing I really dislike about church these days is ... singing. I have spent my life singing in various contexts, as a child, as an...

Tonight I am once again praying for my little Grandma, who is very ill in hospital.

THIRD APPARITION: Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are; Macbeth shall never vanquished be...

After spectacularly failing his eye-tests, young Norris is now the proud owner (and wearer) of glasses. How long he is prepared to wear them...

(Thanks to Mr Mackay for the photo, of the North Top from the summit) Tryfan was the first real 'mountain' that I ever climbed. Pr...

Could have been filmed on our house today..... thanks to the Solihull 5 for showing me the clip.

Seventeen characters assembled in Snowdonia this weekend to celebrate the final days of AJ as a single man. People from his Uni days, work ...

Kandoo are marketed as "flushable toilet wipes", ideal one would think for helping the owners of young tender bottoms to clean th...

I believe it was Dr Stumpy Greenisland who recommended this one to me - and he is usually a reliable recommender of good reading material. ...

We're all just back from celebrating a very cold Christmas with the in-laws. Travelling there and back was entertaining. On the way ther...

Apparently the BACC (the body that passes TV adverts as fit for airing) is in a quandary over the song, "I Saw Three Ships". Its n...