05-02-2012, 10:13 AM
Thank you, Tic
No fear of criticism? You're kidding, right? That's why I rarely put stuff up, and never anything new--I'm easily shaken.
Your comment was bang on. I did feel that, notes notwithstanding, there was much in it that would only speak to a tiny fraction of humankind, like me, and to that extent it was mubo jumbo of the vain sort. However, if you are at all familiar with Orkney, and the Pentland Firth, you have a head start.
Our croft had no water or electricity, and we slept in the old box-beds, and did have a large pot on the go most of the time, hanging above the hearth. I was horrified to go to Stromness Museum, and find they had an example of the old crofts ---exactly like mine!
