Putting the ‘neigh’ in neighbour! Every day the Hebridean island on which I grew up becomes more and more like Craggy Island. (A good thing.) At this rate I might have to move back. So many great quotes in here: ‘The situation is not ideal’; ‘I will sell myself before I sell that pony’; ‘Who [...]
Archive for the ‘Newsworthy’ Category
Putting the ‘Neigh’ in Neighbour
Posted in Newsworthy, tagged bad puns, daily mail, Horse, horsing around, humorous news item, isle of lewis gets more like craggy island every day on January 13, 2012 |
Kim Jong-un Wisdom: on democracy
Posted in Newsworthy, tagged budget, caucus, democracy, Kim Jong-Un, mitt romney, north korea on January 4, 2012 |
”Mitt Romney spent tens of millions of dollars on his campaign and won by just 8 votes. I spent jack squat and won by a motherhugging landslide. Just sayin’.” Kim Jong-un
Cheetah
Posted in Newsworthy, tagged Cheetah, he was never still alive, rip, tarzan, was he? on December 28, 2011 |
Cheetah, the chimp who starred in the Tarzan films of the 1930s, has died, aged 80. He liked finger painting and watching people smile. I hope they’ll say the same of me one day. But I hope they won’t also be saying, ‘What? He wasn’t still alive, was he?’ http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_CHEETAH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-12-27-23-59-52
Do you like Gaelic music?
Posted in Newsworthy, tagged a, a pheigi a ghraidh, bethesda, broadbay sound, ceilidh, ceol, Gaelic music, hospice, in, lewis, mood, murdo dan macdonald, peggy macneil, stornoway on December 27, 2011 |
Do you like Gaelic music? Murdo Dan MacDonald has one of the best voices around. Alongside Broadbay Sound he has released a brilliant new CD, In a Ceilidh Mood. Murdo Dan was a friend of my late mother and the final track on this album – A Pheigi a Ghraidh – is dedicated to her. [...]
A Typical News Day in Scotland
Posted in Newsworthy, tagged caledonian, diet, health, news, scotland, scottish, wha's like us on December 20, 2011 |
A typical news day in Scotland: deep fried butter goes on the menu (it’s served with Irn Bru ice-cream and is called Braveheart Butter Bombs); a dog is fitted with a pacemaker; Scots are advised to fortify foods with Vitamin D to compensate for lack of sunshine (I’ve also heard this from a few specialists); [...]
These Islands, We Sing: An Anthology of Scottish Island Poetry
Posted in Culture/Arts in General, Literature, Newsworthy, tagged anthology, birlinn, contemporary, island, modern, poetry, polygon, scottish, These Islands We Sing on June 25, 2011 |
‘These Islands, We Sing’ launches at the Scottish Poetry Library at 7pm on Tuesday 28th June and in Glasgow at the CCA at 7pm on the 30th June. “Many of the most important poets grew up or chose to live on Scottish islands, not least the editor of a brand new anthology of ‘island’ poetry, [...]
