Some time ago I read a newspaper article on food storage at home. I was interested in that because a) my Mum had trained me very well not to waste food and b) I like fresh food made from fresh ingredients. I was bamboozled by the article’s take on potatoes. It was suggested that potatoes should be kept unwashed, with…
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Another week, another twist in our collective life in the pandemic. I’ve already lost track of what we can and what we cannot do; what we should and what we shouldn’t do… My confusion gets greater each week with newly tweaked rules, regulations and guidelines – and I am in a relatively comfortable situation as semi-self-isolation has been my regular…
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Since his early days, John was determined to reach the top level as a football player. He trained hard, and spent many hours a day in the gym, sculpting his body to look like a top player. He kicked the ball around in his garden and learnt a variety of tricks and techniques with the ball. In all his efforts…
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‘If you want to be involved as a volunteer in this youth group, you must reach such and such average mark at school’ was the message conveyed to a group of teenagers in one of my previous parishes. The bar was set at the beginning of each term. Once after such an announcement, a young man approached me to talk…
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Years ago, a friend of mine asked me to take her cousin on a hill walk to show her the best of the famous Scottish Highlands. I knew she was a capable hillwalker, so I agreed and decided on the Lairig Ghru western ridge, made up of four Munros: Braeriach, Cairn Toul, the Angel’s Peak and the Devil’s Point. The…