Tag: Resolution

• 20/20 Vision

    There are bound to be a few contenders for this title, so I might as well make my pitch early. Well, New Year is with us.  The air smells of cordite, my shirt smells of whiskey, and the house smells like…maybe just open a few windows? The first thing, I guess, is to christen…

  frederick anderson

  January 1, 2020

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  celebration, Fireworks, New Year, Party, Resolution, Twenties

• Twelfth Night, or What You Will…

  So the frivolities are over, the obligations fulfilled, the promises made.  The bride and bridegroom of the old year have been waved away, leaving  the land to rest and await Spring’s wakening.  The coloured lights, the glitter’s memory, the gleam of hope must warm us for a while as we prepare against Nature’s frozen sleep.…

  frederick anderson

  January 5, 2016

  Social Comment, Uncategorized

  age, Change, Climate, flood, natural disaster, New Records, New Year, population, Records, Resolution, sleep, storm, warning, winter

• 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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  abstinence, adult, cold, Diet, Drink, festivity, Frederick Anderson, Hogmanay, humor, inebriation, New Year, obesity, parties, Resolution, Smoking, twelfth night, whisky