Sheila Ritchie

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

It’s getting to the stage where it’s more surprising when his actions are actually legal.

Meme for International Women’s Day 2926 Text is Balance the Scales

Here’s to women supporting women

Inside Barter Books Peeking between two bookshelves to a book Christmas tree

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Papy on his hind legs, checking out the exterior of our hotel room

Inside, looking out

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The storage for rioja. Rows of barrels stretching into the distance

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You were spot on!

Vous ne regardez pas?

Wee French boy with painted face for the match

Anthems at Murrayfield

Three Liberals before the game

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Wee French boy at the French match, face all painted, onions round his neck, and a French coq hat

Inside Murrayfield

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Thank you for caring for her

Allowed, yes. Able, not normally

Just to rub salt in the wound

Scotland ended France’s hopes of a Grand Slam. At at 9-7 French prop Mohamed Haouas was sent off for hitting Jamie Ritchie. Sean Maitland got two tries, Stuart McInally a third to end French hopes. Ollivon got a second French try, but it wasn't enough

What year was THAT?

(I remember when Hugh was a card carrying Lib Dem)

Still on my “to be seen” list…

An array of photos from the 2020 6 nations

This one?

I’m off to Murrayfield in the morning

Promise?

Peeking out through the pale green shutters to the sunny garden at Luby Betmont.

Looking from the inside out

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What? Like Solomon?

Well, of course! 🤪🤪

Agree with all that.

A whisky flight of three glasses in the tasting room at Glendronach

Inside Glendronach distillery

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Or maybe the UK Embassy? We’re still looking for him…

Those photos are not of the incident. The FT has a decent story on this

That is misleading. Let the bad guys mislead.

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship returning from an Indian event. But it wasn’t attacked during the event, and quite a lot of the content is iffy. For example we don’t know the ship was unarmed.

The IRIS Dena is a frigate designed to be armed.

Well, I’ve had tree creepers for 40 years in Aberdeenshire, but nuthatches have yet to get this far north

Where are you?

Thank you

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