Adullamite

So, cooler air is heading this way, behind the rain! Yes let it come! We need it. But I have enjoyed the sunshine. Ninety degrees some d...

The aroma that hangs in the air after a few minutes of summer rain is a delight. The trees, shrubs, and flowers that look so good now scent...

Hamas decision to kidnap an Israeli soldier was clearly intended to cause trouble. Did they do this in conjunction with Hezbollah? Their a...

The view from the Edinburgh window was once something I missed so much. Looking north over the Forth the lights of Burntisland would glitte...

So a woman has had a child at sixty two years of age? Should we rejoice? I think not. When she is Eightytwo, the child will be twenty. In...

During Euro 96 the English nation discovered they had a flag! After many years of regarding the Union Flag as 'English' the St Geo...

Spent an hour or two at the local History Fair. Excellent idea I say. History is of course the most important of subjects after 'readin...

How is it that when a point of discussion comes up, it soon becomes an argument? Now, when does a debate become a fight? Well I suggest th...

The girls at Wimbledon claim they are being paid less than the men, why? They play less sets, three at most instead of five, and feel that ...

This World Cup is good stuff, but it does leave no time for having a life! The gap in between games, the need to work for a living, leaves n...

Wednesday, and still going! I have seen millions of hours of football and we are not yet through the first games! It is difficult trying to ...

Yes a good start to the World Cup. Lots of goals, some good footy, and some strange parts also. But a good beginning. Germany 4 Costa Ric...

So the hype ends here. And just how much has there been? TOO much I say! At last the game, eventually, gets under way. Once the never end...

T here is a school called 'Somerville' if I have it correct, where children are 'left to find their own way.' That is avoid...

I can see numbers of round ripples I the puddles caused by the rain which teems down this morning. This fills me with a sense of joy. Why? B...

As I watch the game on Setanta on Sundays I miss football then more than on the Saturday. I am so tired after work that I usually doze my w...

What is it with women and trauma? The pages of their mags are full of terrible sagas of pain and despair, and trial and tribulation. Neve...

As expected the Heart of Midlothian won the Scottish cup again, and as was also expected, they made hard work of it. The Hearts are notori...

So I get sunburn last week, the Spring birds entertain me in the morning, and now, the rain drenches me during the day. Spring rain. The so...

The dawn chorus is one of the joys of Spring! This past few days it has become a cacophony of noise as I trot off to work. The trees down ...