Tag Archives: orkney

Double negatives and big girls’ blouses

Posted on September 13, 2019 by

My wife – a wise owl, who never tweets (at least in the internet sense) -remarked recently, apropos of nothing, “We wouldn’t be human if we weren’t fallible.” Despite the double negative in that statement, she had offered me a … Continue reading →

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Orkney leading the way again?

Posted on September 19, 2014 by

Here are two pictures from the referendum campaign: Picture 1 Picture 2  I wonder if graffiti like this at a polling station in central Scotland in Picture 1 is one reason that some people were turned off voting Yes? Meanwhile, Picture 2, taken from … Continue reading →

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Singing after stroke

Posted on January 2, 2013 by

  There is an article in today’s Telegraph which reports on research to improve speech recovery after stroke. Researchers have apparently discovered that singing can help regain better communication after severe stroke. For the sake of the many, many stroke … Continue reading →

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Autumn

Posted on October 20, 2012 by

This has been a different autumn. In some years there is a splendid range of colour throughout the countryside, particularly here on Deeside. This year a few trees and shrubs have burst into vivid colour, but they are the exception, … Continue reading →

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His Master’s Voice

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

Don’t tell Hamish, but I never really wanted a dog. During 24 years of marriage, each time Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries came round, like any dutiful husband I would ask my wife, Jo, what gift she would like, and answer … Continue reading →

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