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I prepared for an outdoor rehersal by ressurecting a Dalmallyfest tarpaulin – all safely stored away against, who knows what need… Anyway, they have a very long “best before date”. With the help of the “Really tall steps” I was able to fit some hooks in the back wall, and delving further into my bagContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (21)”

Congratulations to Andy B on his kiltwalk ! – which for some reason I thought was a “virtual kiltwalk” (what would that even be?). Money well raised in a good cause. At least he got a good day for his effort. Attempting to walk any great distance in a kilt in the pouring rain isContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life (20)”

The mild easing of lockdown- allowing cross Scotallnd travel and 6 to meet outdoors – has brought us our first visitors here (to the garden) at Glen Rosa [yes, the house has a name]. Oddly enough I’ve actually been to the “Glen” Rosa, it’s on Arran (there may be others I suppose), and it wasContinue reading “It’s a Dog’s Life (19)”

Some of you will be aware that I had a minor stroke two years ago. I have been very fortunate in my full recovery and return to my normal(?) life. At the time, I received, not only huge help from friends and family, but really first class care from the medical services, and a veryContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (18)”

“He is Risen!” – The traditional Christian theologist’s Easter greeting on meeting a fellow theologist on Easter Sunday, to which one should of course reply “He is risen indeed!” – The capital letter and the exclamaition both have to be sounded. This was my opening text received on Sunday morning, from a colleague, who whileContinue reading “It’s an (Easter) Dog’s Life (17)”

Featuring conversation with British Gaas in Saath Afrika (usually requiring 1 hour plus on hold to get through), and conversations with alternative energy supplier– whose name means “a very long period of time indeed” (refering to the waiting time to speak to their fractional better UK? based call centres),and email and text communication < >Continue reading “It’s a Dog Life (16)”

The story about British Gas…. (go make a cup of tea, its a long one) Moving house in the middle of lockdown is NOT reccomended. Quite apart from the missing support- moral, or otherwise of ones friends and family – and the opportunity to reclaim the many favours owed for previous flittings – there areContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (15)”

Well I got my first Covid vaccination as a special birthday gift. (It just happened to fall the day prior). Hooray! Of course it wasn’t at all straightforwards, just getting to the centre turned out to be an exercise in (to quote from Mr Prachet’s Unseen University) “Cruel and Unusual Geography”. Who knew that Sat-navContinue reading “It’s a Dogs Life (14)”

Given the above number; this should really be a tale of some ghastly mishap and subsequent escape from death with nothing more than an extremely inconvenient injury, (…like the time I got hit by the car, went over the roof, and had not a single mark on me… except the the spot where I’d bittenContinue reading “It’s a Dog Life (13)”

Mostly my “dogs life” is intended to come over in an self deprecatory and dryly ironic tone (I hope?). When life actually becomes a real trial, it is not always easy to sustain the humourous outlook (ironic or otherwise), although in many ways it becomes more important, as it’s the humour (however dry) that canContinue reading “It’s A Dogs Life (12)”