The triumph of the real

Christmas tree a go go.  After a few years of being in London at Christmas time, the fixture is back to Scotland, and we’ve got ourselves a tree again.  I can peer at it happily over my laptop as I type. The nice ‘green’ feature writer in the Times made me very happy recently when she confirmed …

Gifts that rule the world

However many shopping days to go, and all that.  The weekend papers fill up with more supplements of presents to buy that promise to help you control your kitchen, your bathroom, cats that visit your garden. Meanwhile, Lakeland continues to attempt to take over the universe…or at least, tries to add to the prospect of taming …

Saturday morning sacrament

We don’t go passing round the wafers, if that’s what you are thinking.  But in terms of a Sabbath, as a day of rest, our main shot at resting does seem to coincide with Saturday mornings.  Time to sit with Dan and chat, drink a coffee, unpack the week, hold out a little longer, drink …