Hi Kids this FIRST PARAGRAPH is an extra bit before I send it off for website use.   2 days ago Queen Elizabeth 2nd died age 96. I mention this because it’s a big deal for many in Scotland and the United Kingdom and further afield. I was born in 1955, she became...

Hi guys I hope all is well. I say this because, without exaggeration, the United Kingdom is falling apart - or probably more accurately, is being crumbled apart by a Conservative government who knows that if they keep people oppressed, whether by poverty, basic need,...

Hi guys, hope you are all ok? First thing, yer grandad loves you, no question. I was smiling with you the other day when you were singing along to Alexa on the ‘device’. You were singing songs form that movie about the snow - what’s it called? As well as ‘The Wheels...

There’s nothing new in the world, people often parrot.   It’s been done before, maybe decades ago? Anyhow it’s not new. That joke you heard, made up by your pal, she claims, was heard by another pal last week in the school…..and so on!   Doing ‘it first’,...

Hi guys, Grandad here, how are you? I’m thinking I haven’t seen you for a wee while, so need to catch up - will do soon!   Quite by accident I came across an online message today that brought to my, somewhat surprised attention, that on the day, 24th June, 1977,...

The whole of the middle classes, Talk out of their tweeded asses, Whilst raising their claret glasses, Patronising the minimum waged.   Here is a bag full of sweets, See what bills they will meet, Keep you shaking on your feet Until we add to the poverty crisis.....

Hello guys, Hope you are all in grand form, wherever and however you are….   I’m just back from a week in the Highlands, taking part in a writing week - they call it a retreat - an opportunity to spend some protected time to pursue the writing that you may be...

FELL DOWN ON MY KNEES. Hello kids, hope you are still seeing some of these, no matter how aged you are these days. I’m officially in my late 60’s now, been through the mid 60’s and I actually found the early 60’s ok, as I managed to forget about some poor times...

My reading list, at time of writing, is not extensive, for sure. I no longer read as voraciously as once did, which on reflection is a huge loss but something inside the failing mind just doesn’t jump at it anymore. Well, not much, even though I try.   We were...

Greetings, my wonderful grandkids, Sandy, Alba, Breagha and Anna. I was well into writing a different short piece -I’ll use it another time - when I realised that I need to mention the WAR in case you do read this in the future.Greetings, my wonderful grandkids,...