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A wonderful start to the week ONCE upon a time, early in the morning when the sun was just climbing over the hills and all the clouds were rosy pink, a little child lay asleep in his pretty white bed. " Wake up, wake up," ticked the clock that stood on...
Corpus Christi With numerous processions, the church celebrates Corpus Christi. Many old customs and names are associated with this holiday. The procession has become the brand core of Corpus Christi today in Germany: After the service, the congregation...
. Here comes the Summer listening to the Undertones and it makes me happy as Summer is beginning with basking Sunshine. all is good Ooh baby baby what can I doYou know you drive me crazy when I'm looking at youThe summer's really here and it's time to...
Mindfulnes As I travel through Europe it seems that 'Mindfulness' is a popular topic as so many are reading about it. There it is. Mindfulness People reading about it on the planes. People reading 'mindfulness' on the trains. Mindfulness readon the beaches...
The Princess and the Pea Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough,...
NAGASAKI 1945 At 10.30 the siren sounded,at 11 o’clock the all-clear.Sticking a needle into a patient,I heard a droneas the plane, lost in the cloud,dropped her baby. It fell silentlyone and a half miles from its target.It fell for 40 seconds,and in that...
Hunting in Scotland There are differing times of the season for differing animals. Game Shooting Pheasant: 1st October – 1st February Partridge: 1st September – 1st February Grouse: 12th August – 10th December Ptarmigan:12th August – 10th December Blackgame:...
Robert Burns was born on January 25th, 1759, in Alloway, Scotland . At the age of 37, he died from rheumatic heart disease , which he had suffered from since he was a child. Robbie was the oldest of seven children born to a struggling farmer and his wife....
A German story In der Schule. Murka in der Schultasche Nina hat ein kleines Katzchen. Das katzchen heisst Murka. Nina liebt Murka und spielt oft mit ihr. Ninas Bucher und Hefte liegen in der Schultasche. Die Mutter sagt: ,, Komm, Nina, iss dein Fruhstuck....
Regenlied ,nnmjjjjj Regen fallt vom Himmel. grun wird jedes Gras, Regen fallt vom Himmel, macht den Kindern Spass Regen ist ein Besen legt die Luft ganz rein, springt auf unsre Nasen und wascht jeden Stein A comment on the text from Germany I am native...
I was listening to the radio when this song appeared. I could recognise the voice. The soothing Scottish voice. That of Annie Lennox. The music was beauty The words entranced Took me with her song. Along with the ship Along with the life Marvellous Brought...
Yesterday I wrote about the Flower in Texas. Today with a note to a return of the Orange power to rule and into the Westminster establishment of the United Kingdom it was brought to my attention from across the pond in Florida that Orange blossoms as...
I wake up to sunshine and look out to see the deer eating in my front garden. I look for my camera to take a few pictures and they have dissapeared into my back garden. Munching the branches and the leaves having a breakfast on my apple trees and bushes....
Censorship on Twitter disturbs Free Speech Twitter is a social networking website. It is now censoring now some free-speech . With measures to hide messages even if no one has even complained. Using software to do they moderating. Free speech under assault...
A CASHLESS SOCIETY Is it a question of control? Does it exist? Where then does it exist? A cashless society lacks banknotes and coins, instead has digital information as a representation of money. There are an increasing number of cashless payments in...
20% of the beaches in France are now under the control of private companies. In France there should not be private beaches. In Paris there is a ministry of the environment that looks over and should protect the French coastline, sea and land. However...
"Awa' an bile yer heid" This Scottish phrase is another one that needs a double-dose of translating! Simply putting it into English results in "Away and boil your head!" - which probably won't help you much. What it means is something along the lines...
it is a lovely story The beginning of our story is started in a castle the king was called Krak One day there was a big bang the bang was from the hill the hill called Wawel Wawel was also a castle The bang was a big mighty bang from you quess who - -...
What to do with over-ripe bananas? I usually make a cake using left over porridge with over-ripe bananas. I never make smoothies with them because I do not have the equipment. After from making cakes or into a nice drink there would be some other ways....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boiling Milk in the Microwave Pour milk into a clean mug Place a wooden utensil in the mug. Place a wooden spoon or chopstick in the mug. Use a utensil long...
Picts The Picts were a tribal confederation of peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland , One of the lesser known aspects of Scotland's history is the role of the Picts. These were the tribal warrior tribes who were living in Scotland...
Board games are fun. Board games are cheap. They are easy to play. Great to play with a group. They can be organised quickly. Board games help you think. They make you smile as you interact with your friends. The rattling of the dice which you had picked...
Sitting reading with a fizmer in my ears happy underneath a bending oaken tree with the words of a story to amuse me as the sunny spring day passes me by fizmer – n., rustling noise produced in grass by petty agitations of the wind. Fizmer is a fabulously...
Scones Ingredients Makes 12 mini scones 225g plain flour Half tsp salt Half tsp bread soda 1 tsp dried oregano 200g farmhouse blue cheese, cubed 190ml buttermilk 1 egg whisked with milk (for glaze) For the fig jam: 6 fresh figs, trimmed 60g soft brown...
A Basic Income (or Citizen’s Income) is for equality, fairness, and a human right to be free from poverty. a society with a maximum wage It would replace a lot of the current benefits and personal tax allowances system with an unconditional, non-withdrawable...
