Magpie Tidings

I’m not sure what the title of this post will be, nor am I entirely sure of everything I intend to say. When I left Glasgow four years ago...

I’ve grown up watching the fabulously creative Disney film ‘Darby O’Gill and the Little People’(1959). It’s always been a family tradition t...

I don’t often discuss religion on social media, though sometimes when holidays come around, I feel more of a compulsion to share my feelings...

Last autumn, my friend David asked me to sew two kilts for him. I’ve been sewing for about five years, but haven’t ever done anything to...

I began writing this in late January, and now it’s nearly a week into February already, and I still have not updated my blog! Shame on me! ...

I suspect, like most of you, that the past year has been a busy one, full of a mixture of triumphs, frustrations, sorrows and joys. For ...

I ran across a recipe for Trench Cake a year or so ago, and have been curious to try it. I found it on Pinterest (where else?) but it came f...