Rusty Cauldron

Wonderful to hear from you again Agalasha. For those of you who were not with us when the old forum was going through its trials and tribulations, Agalasha was a "tour du force", a motivator who helped us move forward. So, definately with new thoughts, with new energy.... Welcome back B. B...

Ahhh! A drop of the amber nectar... However why do people persist in showing the pictures of a stuffed Haggis. The live ones, seen at the tops of our mountains, have a vibrancy that these dead ones do not portray. Best time to see a live Haggis is late at night, on the way home from quality control ...

A number of folk on this board read or used to read Anne McCaffrey's books about Pern, I'm one of them - imaginitive escapism I suppose! Or it might be a love of Dragons, the mystique of fabled creatures. I loved, looking at old maps, the phrase "Here be Dragons", it stirred up the imagina...

I've always thought that the Chinese do dragons fairly well, though usually they are depicted as not being able to fly!

B.B.

Wildwood

In many respects "The Rusty Cauldron" is a quiet place or a lonely grove where requests are made and advice given without shame or blame or criticism. If you look through the old forum as well as the new stuff there have been plenty of cries for help and the listeners have been there. Some...

Hmmm....

The ship that just got wrecked off the coast of Italy was called Costa Concordia, not harmonious at all!

However, Tylluan, don't let that stop you posting the Pagan Day information it is super stuff .. must take you ages.

B.B.

Wildwood

My eldest son is a medical consultant/lecturer, he has definately flown the nest. The younger one (31!) has flown the nest but returns regularly to feed. Mother hen tends to be quite generous and welcoming, the father is more reluctant with respect to dispensing beer and other alcoholic beverages! I...

As an "old git" I wish I could tell stories like Patrick McCleary does. Storytelling is an art and a pleasure both in the telling and in the listening. My wife is tremendous as the written word, usually in the form of letters to a particular "target". Great fun. My storytelling h...

Bit late to comment I know but Hogmanay appears to be celebrated a great deal more vigorousely in the southern parts of Britain these days. As for running around and being hit by sticks, that usually happens when I come in late!! Tylluan, if you got something wrong I'd give you a big hug.B.B. Wildwood

I always thought that the first version was pretty deep and thought provoking.

The second version ... well!

I think that it can only come from a mother who is trying to eject a child from the family nest. Probably a 31 year old son!

B.B.

Wildwood