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Saturday 16th January, 2021 What a wonderful surprise. Four letters and two looked like the usual unwanted everyone mutters about. So I...

Friday 15th January, 2021 It was a relief when I opened my curtains this morning to see that it was not raining. The whole of yesterday...

Thursday 14th January, 2021 I write this just having been told that this part of Scotland is on red alert. It indicates expectation of...

Wednesday 13th January, 2021 I write this as another member of the household is on a virtual trip to Greenwich Village in New York....

Tuesday 12th January, 2021 I have been continuing to read Daniel Holmes's Memoir from Malta's Prison. I found initially the book riveting...

Sunday 10th January, 2021 I am not very good at my computer and find the cyberspace world a little daunting. Also I claim my iPad is as...

Saturday 9th January, 2021 I have been fairly bombarded with ideas today. First they came in my dreams, then in letters and then in...

Friday 8th January, 2021 Another perfect winter's day. The sun shone and the sunset was full of yellows and pinks and a whole series of...

Thursday 7th January, 2021 Somehow the happenings surrounding Biden and Trump in America feel surreal. I have a few American friends and...

Wednesday 6th January, 2021 Sometimes one feels on a complete limb, alone and mildly foolish. Then someone or something happens and you...

Tuesday 5th January, 2021 It certainly seems as if the pandemic is getting out of control. Numbers of infections rise daily. The pundits...

Monday 4th January, 2021 Ms Sturgeon has just battened down more hatches. She says it is the Government's duty etc and the usual cliches...

Sunday 3rd January, 2021 I have just read the story of police officer Matt Lima of Somerset, Massachusetts, U S A. He was called to a...

Saturday 2nd January, 2021 Saturday is the one day of the week when we get a newspaper. It is for the Crossword and for the television ...

Friday 1st January, 2021 It seems that quite a few of the fireworks to welcome in the New Year went off with a whimper rather than a...

Wednesday 30th December, 2020 Sometimes it really is impossible to hide from the news. Even if I shut down all media intrusions in to my...

Tuesday 29th December, 2020 I know I go on about it but the weather this morning and indeed all day has been superb. A sharp frost but a...

Monday 28th December, 2020 I was delighted to wake to another morning of sunshine. By midday it had gone and various warnings as to rain...

Sunday 27th December, 2020 Another clear sky today. Storm Bella hardly hit but seemed to have blown herself out over night. Thus sunshine...

Friday 25th December, 2020 I woke to the most dazzling dawn I have ever seen. I have crossed the Tay so am facing east when normally I...