I've mentioned before: Himself says my hearing aids are 'useless' (on whose authority?!), so he doesn't want hearing aids himself. Suffice to say that he is now cheerfully chomping away at tea-leaf muffins, because he couldn't hear me say 'kiwi fruit'.
Isn't it lucky that *I* heard the timer?!
This has not been a good week for #KnittingSocks
I now sit surrounded by piles of Scottish song books, which is delightful, comforting, immersive ... but I'm meant to be working on interview transcriptions. I think I'll put the books away ... ;)
@peigibheag.bsky.social
I remember the South Tyneside library involvement in the 'Catherine Cookson Country' initiative in the mid-1980s - her books were hugely popular.
#CatherineCookson
On this day in 1902 - the Glasgow Athenaeum School of Music welcomed its second Principal. He wasn't to stay long, though.
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If books could remember ... a quick blog post. #BookHistory, my way.
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Sad to read that our Principal, Jeffrey Sharkey, will be leaving RCS next year after what will have been 13 years at the helm.
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My education moves on apace. I think I may have heard this before, but one of my interviewees told me about this song, so I looked it up ... it was NOT one they sang as a child for the #LengMedal, that's for sure!
'The Beefcan Close', aka, 'The Overgate' youtu.be/saFFL5yNpmU?...
#BeefCanClose
Coffee time in a rainy Glasgow. (Scottish summer is back!) A quick browse of my bookshelves reveals I have all three books that Leng Gold medal winners have received over the years ...
#LengMedals #Dundee
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