Where To Go In Scotland Scotland is not a big country. It has mountains and lochs and castles and forested hills within easy reach, and even from coast to coast it is not more than a two-hour drive. This is Kilchurn Castle in central Scotland at the north-east end of Loch Awe near the small … Read more
A Buddhist Verse In the ‘Exalted Sublime Golden Light Sutra’, there is this verse that talks about a number of impossibilities in nature: When white lilies grow In the Ganges’ swift currents, When crows become red And cuckoos turn the color of conch, When palm fruit grows on the rose-apple tree And on the date … Read more
It Always Rains On ‘Show Days’ There is a tradition that it always rains on ‘show days’ and sure enough it started raining heavily as we approached the showground of the Great Yorkshire Show that is held in Harrogate in the north of England in July each year. The Great Yorkshire Show is the largest … Read more