I have a new bit of technology which is pleasing me far more than it should. It allows me to indulge the competitive side of my nature even when I am asleep. Perhaps against my better judgement I have gone over to the dark side of fitness. I asked Santa to bring me a personal… Read more »
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Thank Doc Marten for Christmas – and dry feet
That’s it over again for another year. The turkey is a mere memory, the recycling bin is overflowing with expensive wrapping paper, and you might even have been back to work for a few days, if indeed you got a break at all. The radio has stopped playing Christmas songs so it will be another… Read more »
Ready for Christmas? Three lessons from Nick Nairn
I’d love to say that I’m almost ready for Christmas…so I will. I’m almost ready for Christmas! I’ve made my wreath for the front door, transforming (under expert tutelage at Cameron’s Tearoom and Farm Shop, Foyers) a scrap of chicken wire, a pile of damp moss, and assorted twigs and berries into something worthy of… Read more »
A night in the cold to end homelessness.
The first thing I did on Sunday morning when I woke up was – as usual – reach for my phone. I checked the time, 6.31 – as usual. Peeking out from behind the blinds I could see that the cars below were covered in thick frost. A glance at my weather app showed that… Read more »
‘Living Apart Together’ two months in.
Followers of celebrity gossip may have heard that comedian Paul O’Grady has let slip that he got married in August to his partner of 11 years. The focus of the column inches was not the 25 year age gap between the pair, nor thankfully, that they are both men, but that since their marriage they… Read more »
It’s written in the stars…
For those of us who pine for the warmth of summer, the fact that the shortest day of the year is still three weeks away can be difficult to accept. The winter is going to get colder and our days even shorter. It will be months before it is safe to leave the house without… Read more »
When Twitter really makes a difference.
Social media can be both a curse and a blessing. Sadly it’s the curses that too often hit the headlines – teenagers and young people being bullied on Facebook, Twitter trolls issuing intimidating threats, and people feeling under immense pressure to live up to the standards and lifestyles portrayed by their celebrity idols on Instagram…. Read more »
MS Rona fighting for stem-cell treatment for others
Unless you’ve been on the other side of the planet you can’t have missed the story of Rona Tynan, a Highland mother of two who has just returned from the other side of the planet. Rona has secondary progressive MS, and before she hopped on a plane last month, she was at 7.5 on the… Read more »
Tourism. It’s not just for tourists!
Are you stuck for something to do this weekend? Well you shouldn’t be. For inspiration check out the list of finalists and awards winners at the 2017 Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards. I guarantee you won’t be stuck for long. In fact you might find yourself running out of weekends. I was in the enviable… Read more »
Motorists don’t ‘own the road’ any more than cyclists do. Fact.
I opened the door to my postie on Monday morning and was pleased to see him back. But where had he been? On holiday? Moved to another route? No – our postie had been in hospital, and to prove it (he was still wearing shorts, in spite of the clocks having gone back) he showed… Read more »