Tag: Frederick Anderson
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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…
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Ho-Ho-Ho!
We are at that junction of the years when it is time to gather the strands of the family once more; to weave back together the hems that have frayed, re-kindle the flames that have guttered or died: for those who can be with us will know our hearth will welcome them, and those who…