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In February 2006 I created my first blog “Wise Men Say” in which I began posting what I called “sensible sayings and quotable quotes.” At t...

You’ll remember last week I discovered a new word - triskaidekaphobia, the fear of Friday 13th. Now, I have no problems with Friday 13th. ...

HOLIDAYS - ARE THEY WORTH THE HASSLE? The older I get the more reluctant I am to consider going on holiday. I was interested to read an...

Yes, this is how I looked when I was a schoolboy!!! -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o- ...

  This photo was taken some time in the mid-1950s. I’m at the old pipe organ in Lenzie Union Church. -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-...

I can’t remember who sent me this picture. During the last few weeks we’ve seen three young deer in the field behind our h...

“A Young Girl Reading” by the French painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) -o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-...