Monthly Archives: November 2003

Squabbles

Outside my study window is a bird feeder. The hungry hoardes descend and fight and squabble to see who can be king or queen of the peanuts. They make me laugh a lot more than squabbling people do.

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Everybody loves……

There is an old pop song – Everybody loves Saturday nights. Unfortunately, too many of my Saturday nights are a scramble to finish preparation for the Sunday. Still, all is now ready, even if I am not. Be not fooled, … Continue reading

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Changing Clergy Houses

I enjoy watching the Colin and Justin team and their programme o­n BBC2 – The million pound property experiment. In fact, DIY and garden surprises make great entertainment. It set me thinking about clergy houses and how many of my … Continue reading

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Credit

Credit should be given where credit is due. I reported about problems getting o­nto a helpline for my PC maintenance. That was o­nly o­ne week ago. I am delighted to report that the engineer arrived yesterday with a new CDRewriter … Continue reading

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Puddles and Poodles

Dana's friend Ruby came to visit today. Ruby is a working dog – part poodle- and trained to alert her owner to sounds. In other words she is what is called a “Hearing Dog”. She acts as someone's ears and … Continue reading

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Peripatetic Engineers

I am pleased to report that a PC engineer is due to call tomorrow to repair my CDRewriter. Now I am not sure where he or she is coming from, so it will be interesting to see what time this … Continue reading

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Ferries

Today's CalMac star was the Clansman. The fleet's equivalent of a thoroughbred. But still the same all-day breakfast. Very popular as it happens – queued out right at the start. As it was o­nly a forty minute crossing people were … Continue reading

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Language

I have been doing some serious island hopping over the weekend. Iona last night and Mull tonight. The house-pets here comprise two golden retrievers, o­ne of whom looks remarkably like my own dog, and two ginger tom-cats, both of whom … Continue reading

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Dieting the dog

Dana, my dog – a retriever, has been o­n a diet since the spring. She needed to lose 2 stone (10kilos) which is an amazing amount for a dog to ditch. The dog was not as shame-faced as me, but … Continue reading

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Needing to know

I am a newcomer to blogging, so it seemed a good idea to look at other people's blogs. My first search for clergy blogs has been a bit of a disappointment. Far too boring. Oh well, I shall keep looking. … Continue reading

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