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I’m only a little sparrow, A bird of low degree… My life is of little value, But the dear Lord cares for me. He gives me a coat of feathers; It is very plain, I know, Without a speck of crimson For it was not made for show. But it keeps me warm in winter,...
Prince Andrew is actually to be a considered terrible person. To have a shagger in the royal family was hardly a new thing, and the tabloids revelled in the rich history. His great-great-grandfather, Edward VII, for example, was one of the most celebrated...
It is also important to remember that good listeners also need to be heard. Too often in friendships the good listener is always cast in that role and it never gets reciprocated. This leads to unbalanced relationships and is a drain on the person who...
Nowadays it seems to be the par for the course for all of the so called 'disruptive technology' it disrupts but mainly to put huge amounts of money into the hands of a very few people. Facebook, Google,Tripadvisor, Airbnb, and many more start out as apparently...
Germany is preparing to start new tests next week to find out who has already had the coronavirus. The tests will look for antibodies in the blood, with the aim of working out infection rates. They will focus initially on blood donations and four areas...
What proportion of a countries children need to go to bed hungry and with no education for that country to be called a "FAILED STATE"? Unless the government has a clear policy on schools individual teachers could easily be in breach of insurance conditions...
The dry heat of spring kept going. Insect life abounded.... food for the arriving emigres. There are more swallows than last year, more everything.... They follow the cows onto new pasture.... the same places, the same cows.. old friends, reacquainted....
Much of the Scottish venison meat is from deer that roam freely, rather than being farmed. Good quality venison is tender, tasty and close textured, which means it’s easy to produce great recipe dishes. Four species are used for food in Scotland: the...
Soil is the key to a good garden. Improving soil quality with organic matter is essential for growing healthy plants. Many of us rely on manure and compost to improve soil structure and add slow-release nutrients. Unfortunately, even these natural materials...
Moses McLay McNeil formed the first Rangers team with brother Peter, who ran a sports shop in Glasgow, and friends Peter Campbell, from Craigellan, Garelochhead, son of a shipping entrepreneur, and William McBeath, after being inspired at the sight of...
Golf Courses Are Golf Courses a power of good for a rural communities or is it not so good? To develop a golf course, many acres of land may have to be cleared of natural vegetation and habitat, graded, and planted with what is often non-native grasses,...
Lavender is one of the best-loved herbs in the garden, and for good reason. Not only is it attractive and scented, this versatile plant thrives in some of the toughest of garden conditions. Lavandula angustifolia, the English lavender, is very hardy –...
Spring Time Lovely weather Apple trees blooming Daffodils display themselves All is starting to arrive lovely - Yet - Rabbits Yes - Rabbits - A multitude of Rabbits descend They must have come overnight from a hill They camped in the garden and have ambushed...
The buddleia bushes grow out of and around the derelict buildings and open spaces in many a city. Buddleia grow everywhere in London, sprouting from the tops of many buildings that are not abandoned and forming great thickets along railway lines. It is...
Pruning lavender in early spring or at harvest time. For low-growing varieties, trim back foliage 1 to 2 inches. Starting in a plant’s second year, all 3- to 4-foot lavenders should be cut back by about a third to keep the plant from getting overly woody....
A living wall, or vertical garden, is a collection of wall-mounted plants. Vertical wall gardens are the latest trend in home design and are the perfect way to bring a bit of the outdoors in. Living walls are not only beautiful but great for the air quality...
Presence of mind implies the presence of the thinking facul ties in time of danger or emergency, which enable a man to think clearly and act promptly. It is usually found in those who are naturally good leaders of men, being one of the qualities which...
The works of mercy are charitable actions by which we come to the aid of our neighbor in his spiritual and bodily necessities. Instructing, advising, consoling, comforting are spiritual works of mercy, as are forgiving and bearing wrongs patiently. the...
Rainbow in the countryside something we stand and see Shewn lovely high in the sky Ignored in that busy car-full city Their noses fixed to a money Where in the rural time to give Give to stand and admire God's The bounty of light to speculate A spectrum...
Martinique — Identity is always on everyone's mind in the French Caribbean. Many years agp Gen. Charles de Gaulle, making the first official visit by a French president to the French island of Martinique, looked out across a chanting, cheering crowd of...
Dublin dominates Ireland to unhealthy degree 1/3 of the population, the vast majority of well-paid jobs, all of the country's largest tertiary institutions etc. One cause of this is that successive govts have abandoned spatial development strategies in...
The truth is that the action of having a referendum on membership of the EU (2016) erroneously suggested that leaving was a sensible possibility. In the near fifty years since 1973 the UK has become entirely tied into the EU economy and international...
Native tree species are those which arrived naturally in Scotland without direct human assistance as far as we can tell. Most of our native tree and shrub species colonised Scotland after the last Ice Age (which ended roughly 9,000 years ago), with seeds...
For the weekend it would be great in both or either Antwerp or Rotterdam. Pleasant in Rotterdam you could sail between excellent museums on those taxi boats, have lunch at their excellent fascinating modern food market, enjoy the walk along the river...
Here is a great gingerbread that I have enjoyed making 1/3 cup each molasses and honey, 1 cup of brown sugar, 1/2 cup of butter, 3 tablespoons of lard. Melt all of these together, taking care not to scorch. Add 2.5 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon...
