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I found this post last week over at the Chief Happiness Officer blog.
I found it - and the subsequent comments - really funny. I assume on that basis that I am an atypical Scot! Well of course I am not.
But what the heck is going on here? I know my electoral vote goes towards choosing […]

Please forgive me for making Monday’s post a wee bit of an indulgence!
I read yesterday that whether Alexander Graham Bell  - a Scot- really did invent the telephone is being questioned. A couple of weeks ago I listened to a debate about whether Alexander Fleming - a Scot - really did discover penicillin ( apparently […]

Big question - prompted by a seemingly minor incident today.
On the staffroom noticeboard there are awards for acts of kindness…and underneath there is a comment on the lines of “or for the best sook”. The Online Scottish Dictionary gives the following definition ( and spelling)
Souk [suk] - suck, teachers pet
Now I want to be absolutely clear […]

I met up with my dear friend and colleague Lesley today. We try to meet in inspiring places and today we chose to travel to Bridge of Allan which is just north of Stirling - Braveheart country. She was driving from Glasgow  across country and described a part of the road where the countryside opened […]

There are some things in life that are so huge that it is difficult to see how we, as individuals, can make any difference. However,I believe that working to protect the environment is not one of them. Every action we take impacts on the planet - down to our very breath- so every action we […]

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