Pretty cool it was

Eilean Donan Castle ...
around half past four in the morning,
when the pub had closed its doors.
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Memories of morning freshness 
on a very hot day 27 years later. ;-)

Beers & Books CCXCIII – James Leslie Mitchell

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Lewis Grassic Gibbon* (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935)

* pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell

Beers & Books CCXCII– Sunset Song

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Lewis Grassic Gibbon* (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935)

* pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell

Beers & Books CCLVXXIII – Scottish Scene

Scottish Scene
or the Intelligent Man's Guide to Albyn

James Lesley Mitchell* (13 February 1901 – 7 February 1935)

alias Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Laughing Lhursday*

Not this year, eh?

* [For first time visitors]: Typo in the title? Nah. It's just that
I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Those were the days – Scotland 1946

Those were the days – Scottish Crofters 1944

Those were the days – Highlands

Those were the days – St Kilda (1928)

St Kilda

Those were the days – Eriskay, 1934

Eriskay

Werner Kissling (11 April 1895 – 3 February 1988)

Saturday Night Music

Friday is Skyday

Dramatic sunset.
Dramatic day(s) in Scotland
The peace of the night.

About Questions II

If they can get you asking the wrong questions,
they don't have to worry about the answers.
Thomas Pynchon in Gravity's Rainbow

Scottish Independence: No warning

The first time I became acquainted with Craig Murray was in September 2007 during a fine and successful (!) campaign by bloggers in favour of free speech, in which I had the pleasure to participate.

The Secret of Kiltish Powers

The "second sight" possessed by the Highlanders in Scotland is actually a foreknowledge of future events. I believe they possess this gift because they don't wear trousers.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799)