Adullamite

  I understand why we have strict gun laws in the UK, guns are banned because companies, almost all of them, use AI on their websites to ans...

Now as you know I am a quiet humble person, not one inclined to moan or grumble, I just get on with things quietly.  However, this morning, ...

  Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a', He aften did assist ye; For had ye staid whole weeks awa' Your...

The scraping continues.   A gentle thump, thump, thump continues through the day.   Occasionally a gentle yell also as the tradesman drops h...

Most of us have heard the Colditz story, a story dominated by the experiences of Pat Reid (Major P. R. Reid. M.B.E, M. C.).  Reid ensured th...

Suddenly, while attempting to eat, I came upon the idea of 'Pea Soup.'  Never before has this idea crossed my mind, and I now wish i...

Feeling rough his week meant I did little, and did it very well.  Mostly I wasted time on Twitter either enjoying football conversations or ...

Once again China is persecuting Christians. The weakness of President Xi Jinping is revealed in his paranoid attacks on the church.  There a...

  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...