This is certainly off topic and I will understand if it gets pulled.
I just published my first book and my scots-speaking major character, Jesse Aaron Johnstone, was a hoot to write. For those who...

If you want to get completely bemused at the strength of clan kinship in the Borders (which at times impacted as far west as Kirkcudbright) read GM Fraser's Steel Bonnets.

TWO street... sweet

Most stitching is explained in the AKM but I have found that the illustrations are a bit obscure at times. I am hardly an expert as I am finishing only kilt #5 (for my twin brother, McLellan...

Fred and family are in my prayers

as always it depends
How rough the trail
and dour the load
How far the camp and
glee the company

the thread on how to approach an assyemmetrical tartan (maple leaf) was very well done and might serve as a tutorial

My daughter in law has presented me with an 8# 5.3 oz 20 inch long Grandson who glories in the name James Alexander.

Rather dicey at the last with an unexpected c-section and the mistress of...

The generally accepted and received information about human reproduction to my limited knowledge suggests

that aint how its dun

:shifty:

Mac
You never cease to amaze

Now tha be a brothy fine bairn!

My image of authentic manhood is somehow bound up with visions of a man with a rifle and a coonskin hat; a terse and knowledgeable answer and a slow smile.

I am the less for his passing

Too true, and as I am still taking my Lariam, I would nopt be a candidate. However, as an intern I was given a a souvenir from an inmate-patient of Hepatitis B and became a daffodil for a few...

Real men don't wear shorts in Kenya, they are for schoolboys only. To the great credit of the very conservative rural Kenyans (heaven knows what goes on in the big city, it has been rumored that at...

I am guessing about 6 hrs from Montgomery AL; 4 from B'ham?

I am again in the USA after being in Kenya for a month working at a mission hospital. It is hard work, immensely satisfying, professionally stimulating and exhausting. Major downside was that local...

Sorry Jim,
I kinna be t'ere as I will by that time be in western Kenya. Not even allowed to wear a kilt on station, more's the pity.

I don't think it is good for you to be so shy and retiring about your opinions; tell us how you REALLY feel!
:shock::D

(and btw thanks for a definitive answer)

Earl Grey (and for about 20yrs before "Jean Paul" started ordering it)

They know you too well when:

They check their wallets as you walk away.
Drink up and put on their hats as you arrive.
Assume postures of diligence as you arrive.
Check where their wives or...

kudos:ootd::rock:

Lilting now the timbred notes are coming,
as if someone disembodied sings.
Pierces over noise of rapid rushing,
burrowed masses of the deafened throng
who are then too rushed to hear the player...

WELCOME HOME
Merry Christmas
&

THank you

and you best HOPE you paid your dues!:shock:

ALL WISDOM REDUCED TO A WALL CHART

I am humbled