Alba: Scotland

                                                                               "Daddy Cool"   Our daughter Claire, first coined  ' Daddy Cool',  regarding her Dad (me),  in her youth and over time nicknames  and pet names become permanent , rather like my wife Rosemary being called " Roma " by workmates when she was still  Rosemary MacDougall and  coincidently, in Scottish Gaelic, 'Roma' sounds like 'ro math!' , meaning very good...   My parents would be delighted!  💕 Sometimes Bilingualism is more useful than at other times... "Co-ghineadh" is Scottish Gaelic for the following: 1. copulation, mating Although this is free information, please think twice before you further share; as I'm now only semi-bilingual and my parents' opinions might not entirely approve? ( reminds me of my youth 😉)  💖

  Dànachd : verse (poetry) Sgrìobhaiche: scribe/correspondent, writer ... 1. ' Tha sin mar sin' "That's the way it goes, that's life", Gaelic-tradition: certainly runs rife! Family sayings and feelings surviving, But conversing in 'English' - is living? © Ewen A. Morrison ~ 'O, cuir an sgeul gu Mac-a-Bha is fag mar sin e!' (Oh, just leave it, forget about it, ok?) -------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Enigmatic I took the title with an enigmatic smile; Roma herself described me as such... agus * Bilingual rhyming: via my verses' file, Here's what's emerging and without fuss! © Ewen A. Morrison *(agus means: also, too/jointly) 3. Agus/Also This amateur to life's living, Gave what is to give, for-giving, Evolving's worth; while BEING, Surely, everyone including! © Ewen A. Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Ro math! Very good! in this second language; Schooled in this Beur

   "Colonialism is always a cooperative venture" (as Frantz Fanon reminds us) Frantz Fanon: existentialist philosopher I've never really felt that Scotland was London's colony, but have sarcastically said:" We could choose to behave as if we are London's colony or resume Scotland's independence!  "There's NO room for  expressing dry, mocking, humour while existing in today's political circumstances... If Scotland's electorate isn't free to question our elected representatives, then we might as well be living in a dictatorship?! I'm happy to have grown within a family that loved reading a wide range of books and being free to contemplate much of life's challenges without surrendering our openness and free will! I feel that this is an absolutely fantastic result of our upbringing - hopefully, like today's youngsters?  Keira is the youngest of our grandchildren and is already in love with the arts and in particular her Bale

Blogger + ========================================================================= Contents ~ Evolving Born an amateur to life's living, Gifting what's loved for giving; Evolving's worth our sharing, Surely for all kinds,  evolving! © Ewen A. Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Europeans Recognize that the Union Jack is English, Realizing that Scotland is truly separate, That's entirely true and not just a wish; Sovereign Scots know, no need t' state! © Ewen A. Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pending Scottish Sovereignty and pending Republicanism;  Absolutely different: decided by Scottish people... By gaining independence with Scotland's realism; Our Saltire flag heralding from freedom's steeple! © Ewen A. Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additionally... further to the title ~  Posted on 16/3/2022... 350 Sauchiehall Street G2 3JD Glasgow For Writers By Writers, the Scottish Writers’ Centre (SWC) is a national resource support

Lost Souls?  😉 'A realistic human drama' was  our walk today,  Both Young and me: a luckless pair anyway; Two hapless victims of life... One might say.   It's where they are doomed to stay! Og x Ewenart                                                                                 © Ewen A Morrison                                               

Towerdrill's Base-unit...  Today's main task involved the forming of a suitable storage area for my Router and its 'Bits' etc.  In my youth, I'd worked as an apprentice in a reputable Home Furnishing business in Oban - at the time when everything was going Metric, and we were needing to use both 'Metric' and Imperial systems during the transition period, which felt fine, thanks to my age's schooling; however, my Boss was much older than me, and shortly afterwards my about-to-be workmate, was nine years older than me... nowadays I'm a retired man, and I  fondly remember being the youngster in that team! 🙂 That particular employment was really pleasurable and wonderfully informative - I'm always grateful for what I'd learned, including the processes involved in repairing and restoring classical furniture; also the numerous elements during a mixture of inter-trade jobs that we became involved with... thank goodness for the opportunity, th

Alba/Scotland's rebirth... regaining freedom?  🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 On 31/1/2020, we hear from our First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon... Scotland's future prospects are sure to be democratically guided by Scotland's electorate - and no other entity! Presently, London's government is clearly demonstrating many of the reasons that prove that their political behaviour is diametrically opposed to honestly-honourable! ❗️ This piece addresses both past and present: "In Scotland, 'Union' was assoc iated with military occupation, in England with heavy taxes and had  little popular support in either country. It was dissolved by the 1660 Restoration of Charles II despite a petition by Scottish members of the Commonwealth Parliament for its continuance"... (not unknown, of course) however, our predecessors couldn't even begin to imagine today! I'm writing this piece - and in hardly any time, a cousin, living in Australia, will read and may post hi