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13 April 2022: A Bunch of Daffodils for GMB…

Twenty-six years ago (on 13 April 1996), the soul of GMB passed over the Rainbow Bridge .. he is very well remembered ! Iain & Margaret

13 April 1996… in Kirkwall Hospital, at 5.50 p.m., George Mackay Brown, left for his last journey. Did GMB actually left, I’m not sure. So deeply rooted was the […]

Earth Day celebrations in full swing across the world

Time flies! And with it another month has come and gone…and on the eve of a new month, in all time zones, it may be April’s Fool’s Day, but the need to protect our planet is no joke.

April is Earth Month, and April 22nd is Earth Day but should we not celebrate our beautiful […]

The Massacre of Glencoe: 13 February 1692…

Dear readers,

The 13th February is a date marked in red ink (bloody red) on the Scottish calendar… it’s a date to remember, and indeed it has been remembered again and again, the sad history being passed from generation to generation of Scottish people … they will never forget the innocent people who fell in […]

Notes about ‘The Black Dwarf’ by Sir Walter Scott…

Dear readers,

Here we are again, at the beginning of a new year, hoping for the best in the coming months. Given the sanitary situation we still don’t know when we will be allowed to return to Scotland. En attendant des jours meilleurs I try to compensate my frustrations by browsing our pictures of […]

✨ New Year Blessings of Health, Peace, Wealth and Happiness! 🎄

Happy New Year 2022

Dear Friends and Readers,

⌛ Another year is gone…May the New Year 2022 bless you with health, peace, wealth and happiness!

Pretty much in all the largest cities of the world as in Scotland – Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Stirling and Inverness – all-night celebrations are traditionally held to welcome the New Year.

The Edinburgh Hogmanay […]