Adullamite

It may have escaped your notice that today we celebrate the 'Bard's' birthday.  Rabbie Burns will not join us however, having pa...

For over  a week now I have ignored the news for the most part.  Instead of rummaging through the papers each morning I listen to t...

The Bard's birthday.  The greatest poet produced in this land, a great man, a womaniser, a customs official, a farmer's boy a...

A Man's a Man for A' That Is there for honest Poverty  That hings his head, an' a' that;  The coward slave-we pass...

RDG asked what a 'Burns Supper' was. I thought I would quickly inform you to please her and avoid going out in the rain.  Rain...

Burns House, Mauchline Epitaph for James Smith Lament him, Mauchline husbands a',  He aften did assist ye;  For had ye st...

. Rabbie Burns poetry is recited on this night in places far flung from his place of origin. Scots have taken his works world wide and the...

Somewhat typically, Blackberry Juniper was supposed to be producing a bairn today, but like all women everywhere she had failed to come up ...

No-one is around on a Friday, so it makes no difference what is written here does it? So here is a poem instead. A Man's a Man for A...

When I jumped out of bed this morning I noticed the sun was shining. How lovely to see this I thought, and noticing the blue tits cheerily c...