And It’s a Lucky Man

| December 2, 2017

The unique, the meaningful, the personal I wander about the stores and vendors attempting to find a little something to add to the Christmas season – something for someone special. It seems that the drizzle of the rain dampens the season as I struggle through endless offerings in search of the unique, the meaningful. More […]

Christmas: There Rang a Bell

| December 21, 2016

Some While Ago Rutherglen Town Hall (Lanarkshire) was first built in 1862 and after falling into disrepair was reopened in 2005 following a £12.5 million refurbishment. For some it may be a familiar landmark and for the Richardson family, whose son James is commemorated on the nearby Rutherglen War Memorial, the town hall was a landmark […]

Faithful Friends Who Are Dear to Us

| December 20, 2014

Monuments, Men, Film and Home Well there they are again those wonderful black keys with their snow-like white letters and characters stretched before my fingertips. So what will it be today? We are back because of what I can do by finding a bit of inspiration in the most surprising of places and times. After […]

Silent Night

| December 24, 2011

I walk down in the darkness of the morning towards our Fahoo Foray tree, its splendid multi-coloured lights spiraling upwards towards the sky and into the stars. Is it the same sky that a soldier watched so many distant years ago as Christmas 1914 came upon the trenches? On that day did the cannon and […]