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The life and thoughts of Freda Marshall, a retired Church of Scotland minister living amongst the mountains and glens of Argyll.Pages
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The Essence of Retirement
It is a truism that people often say, “I don’t know how I ever had time to work . . . . .” The days slip by so pleasantly that I find myself thinking the same, however, this past week … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Benmore Botanical Gardens, blogging, Ferns, Happiness, spirituality, trees, writing
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Bluebells and other things
“Ok,” says the Little Dog, “where are we going today?” It is amazing how quickly she has adjusted from travel in the motorhome to travel in a car. The same goes for us Oldies too. Maybe the novelty will wear off … Continue reading
Spring Catch Up
This has been a week for being out and about. Spring has come and almost gone all in the space of a few days. After a lot of faffing about we decided on … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, Cars, Catching up, countryside, Days out, fun, Memoirs, writing
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The Notebook
Or maybe it should be Tabor’s Notebook – she posts here and today is expressing many of the same thoughts and problems that I have. I shall be drifting off to sleep or dozing in the chair with Misty on … Continue reading
Keeping in touch
I’ve been trying to keep in touch with other bloggers in cyberspace lately. I’m still not brilliant at using Feedly, but am trying. The main problem I am having is that it seems to be getting more difficult to leave … Continue reading
Amnesia?
When you get to be a certain age and you forget something, the tendency is not to think it’s amnesia but rather Alzheimer’s or something equally horrible. Many of my friends and acquaintances make an excuse or preface a story … Continue reading
The Art of Ageing
It’s nearly Pre-Birthday-Month time so it seems a good time to dive into The Art of Ageing again. It is one of those little gems that has a great deal of common sense. More than anything, the author, John Lane, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Book Reviews, Poetry
Tagged ageing, Joy and Woe, philosophy, poetry, William Blake, writing
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Keep on writing
Tabor has been asking what the 3 weeks is about. If you remember, way back at the end of October I explained that I had been getting very lazy about making blog posts. It seemed as if there was nothing … Continue reading
Forever Friends – Memories
Herein lies a story…….. how long have you got? These last couple of weeks have been a bit fraught – all to do with Son #3 and yet another removal. So sitting quietly on a Sunday afternoon it was lovely … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, giving, Grandchildren, Grandmothers, letters, loneliness, love, writing
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Confusion.com
This has been a bit of a confused time for me regarding reading blogs. A fair number of bloggers have either changed their systems, or rather their blogging programme has insisted upon a different form for signing in to leave … Continue reading →