pferguson | 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 […]
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Tags: Christmas, David Francey, Family, Love, Lucky Man, Milestones
pferguson | 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 […]
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Tags: Bells, Bethlehem, Chris Van Allsburg, Christmas, David Francey, James Richardson, Lanarkshire (Scotland), Magi, Richardson Family, Rutherglen, Rutherglen (Scotland), Rutherglen Town Hall, Rutherglen War Memorial, Saints and Sinners, The Polar Express
pferguson | 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 […]
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Tags: Art, Bill Murray, Christmas, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Masterpieces, Nora Sagal, Second World War, Soundtracks, The Ghent Altarpeice, The Madonna of Bruges, The Monuments Men
pferguson | 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 […]
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Tags: 1914, Christmas Truce, The Western Front