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How to give a compliment ~ part 1
One day @ and I were walking along Princes Street nattering to each other about this and that. I recall that I was trying to express my deep gratitude to both @ and the universe for him being in my life. He was being a little modest and saying things like "don't be silly", which may have been to do with the fact that he is modest, or it may have been to do with the fact that we were on Princes Street surrounded by one million confused tourists possibly recovering from what happens at one, or it ... read more
Howkin Neeps
In the interest of preserving traditions and the need to do something with the largest neep in Scotland, I decided to get creative this evening. Not only am I making about seventeen pots of soup, but I revisited my childhood and howked a neep. Neep lanterns, or turnip lanterns for those of you wha dinna ken, are believed to have originated in the North East of Scotland - long before the ubiquitous pumpkin. It has to be said they are harder to create , which is probably why the Asda Masses ... read more
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