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• A Word in Passing

  There are two places in my world where I would wish to be. The first is a seashore, a mile of firm wet sand beneath my feet, a spray-loaded westerly gale in my face, and white-caps marching in military file upon the rocks. To stand before the might of nature and feel her snatching at…

  frederick anderson

  June 7, 2015

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• Mother’s Day – A Matter of Family Values

  In my country, we have Mothering Sunday.   That’s today. It’s the fourth Sunday in Lent, if anyone is interested in the jigsaw puzzle of the Christian calendar, and it remembers St. John of the Ladder, or St. John Climacus (Climacus – climb – ladder; gettit?  Don’t you just love Latin?).  It was once called Laetare…

  frederick anderson

  March 15, 2015

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• Resolutions

  “Time tae greet the New Year, Freddy!”  My friend raised a glass.  “What’re ye havin’?” Now Scotsmen have a reputation for meanness.  As generalizations go it is not without some substance, but a curious contrariety tends to occur around about the sixth whisky.  Thereafter, from whiskies seven to fourteen the generosity curve steepens logarithmically.  After…

  frederick anderson

  January 5, 2015

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