To courie doon (Scots) or còsagach (Scottish Gaelic) is the Scottish equivalent of the Danish hygge, Welsh cwtch, Japanese ikigai... just ab...

You really don't need anything more from me today than the very warmest of wishes that you have a wonderful day and are staying warm, dr...

As nothing much going on just now, it's time to air out an old post... this one from the same week, eleven years back. A wee bit o' ...

Circumstances of the closing part of the year meant my eye wasn't on organising even e-cards, never mind anything else. Oh well... The G...

May you all have a peaceful and restful day May wonderful things come your way May the Love Universal touch your heart and mind May the worl...

I really have had a little difficulty getting into the festive spirit - not from lack of joy, as such, but more because the year has just bo...

A few days back, Tigger's Mum asked us what would be the one thing we would do if our time was limited at Christmas. It was prompted by...

BLESSINGS AND LOVE TO ALL THIS DAY. Dear ones, let me bring you 20 minutes of respite with an "alternativity!" I had the great pri...

Luke 1:39-55 Mary Visits Elizabeth 39  In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country,  40 where she en...

Philippians 4:4-7 4  Rejoice  in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.   5 Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near....

Malachi 3:1-4 The Coming Messenger 3 See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly c...

...and we come to the Advent season... I shall mark these days with Bible readings as suggested by the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. Roma...

As we head down to the tail end, here is a look at how I kept body and soul together last Saturday... it began with a slightly different bre...

It has to be a festive dive to the archive, right?!