On 23rd of August 1305 William Wallace was executed.
William Wallace #OnThisDay
Turmoil in Roman Republic followed Alaskan volcanic eruption
“…after Caesar had been killed in the Senate on the day before, the sun’s light failed from the sixth hour until nightfall.”
Poetry Corner Tam o’ Shanter
Tam o’ Shanter, a lesson to all those that don’t take advice.
Poetry Corner Ae Fond Kiss
On 16th July 1439 kissing was banned in England to stop the spread of the Black Death
Abraham Lincoln & Robert Burns
“Robert Burns is Scotland’s poet but he belongs to the world….I make no apologies for beginning my story about Burns not in Ayrshire, but in America.”
Poetry Corner:Scots Wha Hae
The Battle Of Bannockburn.
Scots Wha Hae by Robert Burns.
Poetry Corner:A Red Red Rose
I thought I’d help Mum and Dad celebrate their 61st Wedding Anniversary with a little Burns.
Poetry Corner My Father was a Farmer
My Father was a Farmer by Robert Burns, used today to commemorate the creation of the first steel plough by……..
Proof Positive
“The golf mind coach Bob Rotella always says that the one thing that unites us is that, regardless of whatever is going on around us, we can all choose how we think.”
Celebrating Robert Burns in the Library
This Saturday afternoon from 2.30 to 3.30 Orkney Library and Archive in Kirkwall will be marking Robert Burns day.
