Monthly Archives: May 2007

What I Did on My Holidays, Part the Oneth

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Marchbanks

We made the trip so L can go to her thirtieth high-school class reunion on Saturday and decided, this time, to make the fifteen-hundred-mile drive in two days rather than our normal three. Continue reading →

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A belated birthday present

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Marchbanks

I have pieces like that, as does L—we know who we mean them to go to, but sometimes it takes a Really Long Time to get them finished. Continue reading →

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New Scots costume

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Marchbanks

Having a sealskin sporran is like owning elephant or walrus ivory.  New tusk bad, hundred-year-old tusk a moot point. Continue reading →

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I keep chewing through the leather straps anyway

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Marchbanks

I was so annoyed by the effrontery of anyone still seriously propounding “let them eat downloads” that I went a lot further. Continue reading →

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FX: Wind in canyon

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Marchbanks

Doctor Jim Bob said I made the OR rather lively while I was in last Wednesday, and threw everyone’s schedules out of whack. Continue reading →

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