MABEL’S BLOG

MABEL’S BLOG

We love dogs and we are very happy to welcome friendly adult dogs and their owners.

Powdermills Bed and Breakfast in Inveraray is ideal for dogs. It has slate floors with rugs and direct access out into our secure 10-acre garden. We have established routes around the grounds that are perfect for an early morning or early evening walk with your dog.

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Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything – Episode 30

25 August 2023

Stoner by John Williams

19 August 2023

Stoner, written by English professor John Williams, was published in 1965 with a ripple of acknowledgement.  It went out of print and was perhaps a victim of the turbulent times where a subtle chronological novel on a lowly man from the Midwest becoming an academic was out of step.  However, it was reprinted a few […]

Speakers’ Corner – Back for the Future

19 August 2023

‘Why don’t you listen to the podcast?’ I laughed, adding, ‘there’s not much hope for your mum and me if we can’t get our daughter to subscribe.’             ‘Dad,’ chuckled Izzy, ‘you’re too nostalgic, no one wants to look back all the time.  You need to look forward.’             It was cutting, with an intent […]

Angie’s Favourite Children’s Books and Changes in Teaching

18 August 2023

In the second part of our chat with Angie Holmes on Sue and Johnny – Everything and Anything, we discussed children’s books and her joy of reading them to her classes so she could act out the characters. ‘I loved to have the children on the edge of their seats, and the Ottoline series of […]

Sue and Johnny -Everything and Anything – Episode 29

18 August 2023