Hi kids, wherever you are in life journey. Sandy is 18, the rest are 4 to 6 years old with the bonnie Faye about to be one on 23rd December, same date as her grandma, who is a bit older than 12 months. Quiz, she is really old - how old? 6? Big prizes for the best...

It’s the 18th October 2023 today, waking up to a damp autumn here in the Scottish Borders.   My customary early wake news, Radio Scotland, presented by youngsters, done from home - sorry, we’ve run out of time - and really, it’s Radio Glasgow!   It’s war....

Off to the movies!   So the school holidays are over, for the summer of 2023! The idea of them dominating the conversation is a new one for the wider family- Alba has just finished her first ‘summer holidays’ following the completion of Primary one, purchased new...

Hi young people, hope you are having a good day, it’s Friday 11th August today, quiet here, going for some Borders country air this afternoon since I’ve just done some hoovering. Hope fully by the time you are of an age when you can have a view, hoovering will be a...

Hello guys, how’s it going, you being a grandchild of mine?   Being your grandad is just grand, piling up the savings accounts that grows up alongside the number of children that your respective parents have, one for one. Five so far! Such joy!!   Anyway,...

THE NHS 75 YEARS   Hi bonnie weans and anyone else who drops bye.   This is just a scrambled note, a kind of heads up.   This month, the day I believe, 5th July 2023, marks the 75th anniversary of the beginnings of the NHS - the National Health Service...

Well hello my wonderful grandkids, I hope, I wish so much that you are all in carefree wonderful places in whatever levels and contexts you can imagine. I guess shelter and health are at the top somewhere in a list?   This contribution is yet again a bit random...

Hi guys, grandkids of five, a random input touching on the topic that is humongous in the scheme of our world and lives at the moment.   ‘Climate change’ is the spray on term that as ever comes from lazy newspapers and describes a context that the world, yep, the...

Hi good children, if you never read this, did it really happen? Did the tree fall in the forest? I didn’t hear it. Or did I?   This is 1st June - a late contribution, I’ve been ill for a while so I’ve got some catching up to do- the matters referred to here are a...

And the rest of mind boggling football attachments….   THIS IS THE 17TH DECEMBER 2022, the date of the ’22 world cup final between France and Argentina. The apex of the mountain where 32 clubs attempted to climb to the top. The first time the completion was held...