My life line has always had a big mark in it that indicates the time my mother and I made the move from Scotland to Canada. It sometimes feels like two different lives, my childhood in a land far far away and the life here and now. The people involved feel so different – that […]
Scotland
And Another Eve
New Years Eve that is. Yup 2009 is drawing to an end. TV, Radio and the blogosphere is FILLED with 2009 retrospectives and talks of what will be in 2010. In reality the big switchover to a new year really doesn’t mean much. A new calendar and remembering to write ’10 instead of ’09 […]
Verbal Minority
So last week the intwebz and the old fashioned TV was awash with stories about Sesame Street. Sesame Street is now as old as I am. Which is pretty amazing for a television show and even more amazing in the competitive and cut throat Children’s Television programming. I grew up in Scotland, so I mostly […]
Is there such a thing as a Scottish Redneck?
I wasn’t going to participate in Better Than A Playdate’s loving ‘adoption’ shower for Tanis our beloved Redneck Mommy. Not out of any lack of love for Tanis or for the crew behind the shower…but I was really feeling a bit stumped on the whole ‘redneck’ thing. I am a city slicker. Been so my […]
