Adullamite

  A wee bit of jazz to enlighten the day.  Oscar Peterson - C Jam Blues.  1964 in Denmark I believe.  

So I strode manfully out along the icy pavements this morning, ignoring the attempts at snowfall from a handful of snowflakes falling from t...

I managed to interrupt my sister today, long enough to question why people vote Reform.  It is clear she, like others who read the Daily Exp...

 

A selection of Xmas reading. I now have to work my way through all this literature, a word reserved for no good reason only for story books,...

 

Today was hoovering day. Not that I was in the mood for this mind.  However, I removed dust covered items from under the desk, cleaned what ...

With Sainsburys open on Boxing Day 9am-6pm, I decided it would be wise to buy for the weekend today, as tomorrow the crowds of desperate fol...

The image of a wooden barn containing a wee lassie and her man sitting beside a manger, donkeys and sheep all around, has been with us for m...

Christmas Eve, though to be honest I have never met this girl Eve.  Outside cars slowly pass by, the boot filled with foodstuffs, half of wh...

Early in the morning, before the sun was rising, and it still hasn't, I limped my way to Sainburys for my Christmas dinner.  It was quit...

It was along day yesterday which resulted in a nothing doing day today.  This, as many will be quick to point out, is not a strange occurren...

Returning home in the heavy rain after a busy Sunday. Morning service, the last before Christmas, quite busy with a lot attending.  All quit...

It was clearly near Christmas as the angels appeared again on the fences.  All round town the women have been knitting these wee creatures, ...

I headed off bright and early this morning to Sainsburys for the weekend needful.  Being Friday it was a bit busy, even more so as it is the...

I was reading an interesting item re the reason Christmas was held at, er Christmas.  This was written by the excellent Psephizo, or Ian Pa...

My sister, who, as you know, is considerably older than me, were discussing where there were aged relatives who might pass on and leave us a...

Christmas makes people mental. Elbowing, tripping, gnashing of teeth and the occasional fist fight occur when people shop for the last remai...