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January 1, 2014
Scotland’s Great New Year!
Goodbye 2013…. Greetings 2014. Happy New Year!! A new year … a new beginning … another chance to do it all better!! As a Scot now living in Yorkshire there’s always a pang of nostalgia for me as the bells chime out the old year and welcome in the new. But never more than this […]
December 13, 2013
A Free Christmas Short Story
Fifty years ago this month, an artist living and working in a Cornish fishing village, strung out a few fairy lights to brighten up the harbour at Christmastime. The idea caught on, and year on year more lights appeared – and now the spectacular Mousehole Harbour Christmas Lights have become one of the county’s most […]
December 7, 2013
Tidal Surge, Floodings, and a Christmas Market
“Fancy nipping across to Amsterdam for the Christmas markets?” my husband suggested. Images of spiced mulled wine, delicious chocolates, and cosy clusters of wooden chalets filled with magical festive cheer, floated into my mind. Well, I wasn’t going to say no, was I? …And so we found ourselves on one of those massive ferries that […]
