2012/05/13 23:45
My father-in-law, Douglas (Dougie) Buchanan, passed away in the afternoon last Friday, the 11th of May.He had been diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago and told he only had a few months to live, so making it past his 69th birthday was quite an achievement!Even so, we didn't expect his death so soon. He was out playing...
2011/08/22 22:09
Phyllis sent in a few photos to an Oxfam competition, and the result was a lengthy article in the Evening Times today.Here is the relevant part:A photo of a Glasgow chip shop menu is among images of the city which have been made into postcards.Tourists will be able to send friends and family the quirky image, which was one of...
2012/05/18 23:02
The funeral of my father-in-law, Dougie, took place today.
The ceremony was held at Linn Crematorium at noon and was conducted in a very nice and personal manner by a lady from the Humanist Society Scotland, just the way Dougie would have wanted it. He was always very insistent he didn’t want “any of that religious shite” at his funeral. 
Afterwards we went for refreshments at Cowglen Golf Club, where Dougie spent a very large part of his retirement, and the club had therefore put the flag at half mast in his honour.
There were lots of people at both events, as was fitting for a man as popular as Dougie.
In spite of the horrendous weather, I think the day was a beautiful tribute to the man and his life.
2012/04/16 22:36
Gyms are generally priced in a way that makes sense if you visit them several times a week, but if you like me just want to do fifteen minutes once a week, they're horribly overpriced.I spent the past week in Paris (or rather, Champs sur Marne) with Phyllis, Marcel, Charlotte, Léon, Anna and Amaia; I was working the entire week at a local company while Phyllis dragged the kids round Paris.One day we noticed a tiny open-air gym on our...
2011/09/06 17:31
Min søster og hendes mand, deres datter og hans to sønner besøgte os her i weekenden for første gang nogensinde. D.v.s., de besøgte mig alle for fem år siden, da jeg stadig var single og Ursula ikke var født endnu, og de besøgte os uden Felix og Theodor for 3½ år siden, men det var altså første gang, de alle...
2011/08/18 22:36
During our recent holiday in my parents' house in Tuscany, we spent a fair amount of time practicing our flying skills on my mother's broomstick.Anna wasn't that great at flying on her own, so I sometimes let her ride on...
2011/08/11 23:09
We've just returned from three weeks in Tuscany, where my parents had invited us to spend the summer holiday with them in their house in a tiny village called Pieve Pontenano in the mountains less than 100 km south-east of...
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