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Posted: June 22, 2022Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Is that a Hurchin on Barra Clara?
The picture is of Gilly the Guillemot who my friend Jon and I found on our beach and tried to rescue. I didn’t have any pictures of ground nesting birds, so thought you’d like one of Gilly. She was being harassed by gulls and crows when we found her, so we whisked her off to the vet to see if she could be saved, but although she survived the night she’d lost too...
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Posted: June 20, 2022Categories: James Pirie News
Read more »Can a Lobster Change its Spots?
Regular readers will know that I live on the coast and as such enjoy what used to be called the ‘bounty of the sea,’ though my son isn’t sure that a coconut and chocolate bar is the right idea to convey heaving masses of fish practically throwing themselves onto your plate. Indeed it was said in the 19th century that you could practically walk on the sea near Newfoundland...
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Posted: June 17, 2022Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Who Knew about Ratafia Champagne?
Been a while crocodile! It certainly has been a while, but very recently we were on holiday in Champagne and discovered Ratafia de Champagne, which is made from the third pressing of those heavenly grapes and it turns out it is utterly delicious. It’s made in a similar way to sherry, but it tastes wonderful and can be drunk as an aperitif or as a chaser to the meal...
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Posted: June 13, 2022Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
Father’s Day- A Show of Taste
Back again! This time it’s to talk about some of the trials and tribulations of the modern world. It started a couple of years ago, just after they lifted one of the multifarious lock-downs . You might remember that I’m potty about tennis and Scotland’s own, Sir Andy Murray. Well I managed to get some tickets for a match with him playing on grass, and being careful with...
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Posted: June 12, 2022Categories: James Pirie NewsRead more »
How to Save Money
Well, well it’s a time when we are all talking about the cost of living and we at home are taking a few steps to save a few bob with next winter in mind and of course while the fleeting entity we call summer is here. We have already bought in the logs for next winter as log man Sandy tells us he’ll be upping the prices in the autumn, even though he bought the next two years worth...
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Posted: March 14, 2020Read more »
The Posties and Snappy Letterboxes –
New Homes a Scourge of Postpersons’ Fingers
Now the postie is everyone’s friend, he or she brings us letters and parcels and who doesn’t love a missive or a packet? In rural areas they can be a lifeline to the outside world, although at the moment a spot of isolation may be thought a golden thing. And as I write not all is right with the world at all. I remember...
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Posted: March 14, 2020Read more »
Teenagers Behaving like Vampires? –
Light Aversion Makes Sense
Do you have a teenager, or do you remember having one? If so you’ll know all about light aversion. They rise late, at the crack of 2 o’clock, or later, bleary eyed and grumpy. It is biological in many ways and not just slovenly teenagedom. It seems that you can’t grow except while you sleep so teens are sleepy by nature. And it seems...
