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In its simplest form, the American Dream asserts that success should be determined by effort, not one’s starting point. This is the promise on which most Americans base their hopes and the calculus that is supposed to govern our institutions. Specifically,...
Geometry in Ancient Celtic World The amazingly sophisticated geometry of the Anglo Saxon and Celtic 'barbarian' enamelwork, jewellery and interlace easily equals or far outranks anything the rest of the world produces. The very boat in which the Redwaeld...
Happiness is a skill you can learn and practice the rest of your life. Whether you drive from happiness, pursuit happiness, or simply grow happiness right under your feet , you can draw from many sources to help you on your journey “Happiness is the meaning...
Duncan Penny (Feb 25, 1936- march 5, 2017) He was the headteacher of my school in Scotland. The school had lots of challenging socio-economic problems. However he made sure that the Vale of Leven Academy got respect. He pushed for computer funding from...
I once had a migraine that lasted two weeks and a friend sent me her deluxe chicken soup recipe, so I staggered out of the house and got all the ingredients. One whole organic chicken, a bulb of garlic, a thumb-sized piece of ginger, some carrot and celery...
A few things that have helped to improve my sleep: 1. firm, longer couch - my bed does not work for me - I sleep better in a smaller space because I have no wear to toss and turn. It also helps me to position my foot. 2. socks - I can't sleep without...
Unexplained Wealth There is now an important provision of the Criminal Finance Bill that introduces a powerful new weapon into the anti-corruption arsenal: Unexplained Wealth Orders. This follows action already taken in Australia and Ireland. The provision...
The flower is a pretty complicated plant, with lots of little parts which help it reproduce (or make more of itself). For that reason it’s probably best to look at the basics of flower reproduction before we get into the more difficult stuff like the...
Cacao was in use in South America centuries before its exploitation by civilisations in Mexico and Central America The key ingredient of chocolate was being used in South America centuries before it was exploited by civilisations in Mexico and Central...
willow trees There is an increased biodiversity brought in by planting the willow: The willow tree brings in the deer, the dares, the songbirds, and also the herons. The willow tree attracts 266 insect species, including 173 types of moths and 51 different...
Yesterday I met this man yesterday at a bus stop in Gourock. He was there on a Sunny Spring morning with his wife. His wife was wearing a lovely beige cashmere knee length jacket. He was looking happy after having just attending a Doctors visit. He and...
I have been around weaving all my life, in a outsider way. When young we would visit the rug tieing shops of the remoter parts of Iran and Afghanistan, see the rows of young boys, girls of all ages, and women, each sitting in front of the loon, mostly...
Weather - The Seasons Seasons have their particualriites. In scotland it is cold in Winter and warmer in the Summer. we have four seasons for we also have Spring and Autumn. However in some places they only have two seasons. A time that is wet and a season...
An Honesty box. An honesty box could be used for selling simple products to visitors or friends using an honour system. Or for charging simple trading like for teas and coffees or chutneys and cakes. The majority of people are honest. However some people...
The Black Death During the french wars a terrible disease came from the east called the black death 1348 Thousands of people died and some villages and manors had hardly anyone left alive they were not enough men to plough the land and sow the corn, so...
One very helpful life skill is to be able to chill out. To be calm in negative situations and not overreact about all kinds of things. Or invent big, big problems in your mind – or create them in your world as you drag other people in through arguments...
Gardening is a fantastic past time and spending time outdoors is a great way to keep mind, body and soul in great shape. Planting from scratch is incredibly rewarding and you’ll be treated to a riot of colour in your garden come summer. If you are interested...
Cutting across the bog to get back to the higher fields earlier in the week I came upon the first frogspawn of the year. First a football size clump in a very small depression which will dry up too soon .Beyond where the wellies wouldn’t save me from...
Christianity reached the British Isles through Roman colonisation in the first and second centuries AD and continued within the tribal and cultural mix after the Roman withdrawal in 410 AD. There is archaeological evidence of a Christian presence at Whithorn...
Every few years I like to have two pints of Ramrod and Special in The Flask (Flask Walk) then stroll across the Heath to Kenwood House and stare at... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Rembrandt_Self-portrait_%28Kenwood%29.jpg/800px-Rembrandt_Self-portrait_%28Kenwood%29.jpg...
Niwaki means, 'garden tree'. Like a Bonsai, it is restrained from growth by various methods including cutting limbs off and trimming the length of the current year's growth with shears or even scissors in order to slow the growth of the green parts compared...
Plants are adapted to particular growing conditions - moisture levels, soil types, climate and quite importantly resistance to pathogens that the plant may or may not have encountered in the environment in which it evolved. In the end it's all about evolution....
To plant garlic, carefully break the bulb up into individual cloves and push into the soil about 10cm apart, with the pointy tip just below the surface. Each clove will produce a new bulb. Keep weeding around the bulbs as they grow and you’ll be harvesting...
Sunday Morning Happy with the start of the day Happy as the Church bells - pell All is good Grateful for the food in breakfast Grateful for the Scottish Sunrise All is Good Peaceful except for nature awake Peaceful within those four walls All is good...
The last 70 years has seen the steady rise of the car from a luxury for the well off to something everyone feels entitled too, to the point where it's one car per family member, not per family. It's clearly not sustainable for it to stay that way, but...
