Monthly Archives: June 2022

After a truly wonderful time in Scotland, I am definitely moving back, I return to San Francisco and am immediately scythed down by Covid. Not so bad as I had son James to generally look after me, go shopping and … Continue reading →

I fly back to San Francisco, having had a negative Covid test before getting on the plane. A couple of days after arrival, I begin to feel bad, sore throat, cough, headache etc. I don’t worry about covid on account … Continue reading →

I leave Kintyre and spend time with university friends. These are people I met in 1970. Over 50 years of friendship. Will takes me to drop off my car as I am too scared to go alone. I then get … Continue reading →

The whole Calder clan unites in Scotland to sprinkle our Mother’s ashes. After a very long trip, Okinawa,Tokyo, Istanbul, Dublin, Glasgow, I find myself in a grubby Portacabin on a filthy potholed yard somewhere in Paisley. I am there to … Continue reading →