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Thurso II (Donald Thomson): Week 7 – 18 March

I doubt that many of you will have played handbells.  Over the past 15 or so years I’ve come across them and had a go, mostly at taster sessions run at other courses I was attending.  About seven years ago, in an attempt to Get Out and Meet More People, I contacted one of the […]

Thurso II (Donald Thomson): Week 6 – 11 March

We’ve paid off mortgages before, but as far as my fading recall can tell, only when we’ve moved house. Late last week, having decided it was a Good Idea, I phoned the building society for a redemption figure. It was about what I’d expected, and the next day the payment was set up to redeem […]

Thurso II (Donald Thomson): Week 5 – 4 March

It’s been more of a rollercoaster week than some.  This week’s ‘potholes’ were mostly aural.  Over the past three months, I’ve listened to the radio more.  We’ve always been regular listeners, mostly the classical music stations.  It would wake us up gently in the morning and send us off to sleep in the evening. Now, […]

Thurso II (Donald Thomson): Week 4 – 26 February

Curtains. Until the other day, they were not a nemesis. 

As a bit of background,  when we new windows were installed last summer, the lounge curtains had to come down. I planned to get them cleaned or, even, possibly, to get new curtains altogether. The curtains had been very nice curtains once, but after multiple […]

Thurso II (Donald Thomson): Week 3 – 19 February

It was St Valentine’s Day this past week, a day for pairs.  This of course can create potholes in the path of those un-paired or de-paired.  When I entered the local supermarket on Tuesday morning, I was as mentally ready for it as I could be.  I’d seen the red and pink displays in previous […]