December 2015 / New Year

Happy New Year 

to you all !

 hope you have enjoyed your Christmas festivities.

What better way to start the new year

than getting wet in Loch Ewe,

 

and partying until the early hours at the annual
 hogmanay dance in Aultbea .

 A great night was had by all,

thank you Murdo and Willie and the Aultbea Team

for organising such a wonderful event.

 AND

this is what I call community policing at it's very best !

Thank you for looking after us all. 

The run up to Christmas was made special too 

by the ceilidh organised by

the pupils of the local Bualnaluib School. 

 The pupils and some former pupils

 also provided first class entertainment

on the pipes and accordian

 and performed songs in gaelic,
with lots of actions and colour.

 Liam on the pipes

with the youngest member of the gathering...

 and Callum on the pipes.

Brilliant entertainment 

along with ample platefuls of delicious cakes.

There is a whole army of ladies in Aultbea

always baking cakes.

Thank you. 

If you ever find yourself stressed out by Christmas

take a leaf out of Lulu and Wilma's book,

 

lay down, stretch and relax

and wait until it's all over.

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My lovely Dad, Willam Mansell, who died in 2009,

so loved books and spent most of his spare time reading

and enjoyed making notes of quotes that inspired him.

This is something that has rubbed off on to me and Malcolm

so I thought that a quotation and a book recommendation

each month might be enjoyed by others too.

As the new year has just begun this following quote 

seemed appropriate.

•         Do the best you can, whatever arises
•       Be at peace with yourself
•       Find a job you enjoy
•       Live in simple conditions: housing, food, clothing; get rid of clutter
•       Contact nature every day; feel the earth under your feet
•       Take physical exercise through hard work; through gardening or walking
•       Don't worry; live one day at a time
•       Share something every day with someone else; if you live alone, write to someone; give something away; help someone else somehow
•       Take time to wonder at life and the world; see humour in life where you can
•       Observe the one life in all things
•       Be kind to creatures

    

     by Helen Nearing

author of "Loving and Leaving the Good Life"

     
 

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The book that we are enjoying at the moment is:

by Dr Wayne W Dyer

Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life.

Living the Wisdom of the Tao.

ISBN   978-1-4019-1536-0

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In the meantime,

here's wishing you a wonderful, healthy and thriving 2016

from the chilly waters of Loch Ewe.

June xx