Ceilidh Dance newsletter – 2021/22 #11

I envy people who grow old gracefully.
They age like a fine wine. I’m aging like milk. Getting sour and chunky.

Getting another set of teeth would be much more useful at 60 than at age 6.

Reading can seriously damage your ignorance

The ability to speak several languages is an asset, but the ability to keep your mouth shut in any language is priceless.

Be decisive.  Right or wrong, make a decision.  The road is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.

Thanks to the Irish for speaking out !!!

This is a good Video: Russian Embassy in Ireland.

Scottish Waltz     John Ellis & his Highland Country Band      Thistle & Shamrock

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Gray Mares Tail in Moffat

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Today I saw a dwarf climbing down a prison wall.
I thought to myself, “That’s a little condescending

Had I known in March that it was the last time I would be in a restaurant, I would have ordered the dessert

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Sexy nuns

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You may have seen this before but now a very different meaning

You raised me up.

Camas Mor beach

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Smart kitty

While all social media is flooded with hate and negativity, we want to flood them with good news and facts . The world is not that bad, look around you:

The Norwegians have decided not to drill oil wells in the Lofoten Islands (with oil reserves worth $53,000,000,000) to protect the islands ecosystem .

Woman elected Speaker of Parliament for the first time in Malawi’s history . Esther Chilenge annulls 1,500 marriages of underage girls and sends them back to school .

Swedish donors receive text messages of thank you every time their blood saves lives .

Thanks to the Endangered Species Act, the nearly-extinct sea turtle population has increased by 980%.

Thai supermarkets ditch plastic bags and start packaging purchases in banana leaves .

The Netherlands became the first country without stray dogs .

South Korea hosts dance parties for over 65 . To fight dementia and loneliness;

In Rome, it is possible to pay for a subway ticket using plastic bottles . 350.000 bottles have already been collected this way .

California restricts the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in stores, so people remove pets from shelters;

Rice farmers around the world are starting to use ducks in their fields instead of pesticides Ducks eat insects and nibble on weeds without touching the rice;

Canada has passed a law banning the use of orcas and dolphins in the entertainment industry;

The Netherlands has planted the roofs of hundreds of bus stops with flowers and plants – especially for bees;

Iceland became the first country in the world where equal wages for men and women were legally established;

German circuses use holograms instead of animals to stop animal exploitation in circuses;

LarvalBot underwater robot seows the bottom of the Great Barrier Reef with microscopic tiny corals, specially cultivated to restore ecosystem

To reduce suicides, Sweden built the world’s first psychiatric ambulance

4,855 people queued in the rain for hours to be tested for stem cells to save the life of a five-year-old boy;

Indian village celebrates birth of every girl by planting 111 trees . 350,000 trees have already been planted this way .

A ban on humpback hunting has increased their population from a few hundred to 25,000

The Netherlands has built five artificial islands specifically for birds and plants . After two years there are 30,000 birds and 127 plant species

NASA satellites have registered a greener world than 20 years ago .

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Eilean Donan Castle lit up in the colours of the Ukraine flag

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Paddy  and Murphy are working on a building site.
Paddy says to Murphy “I’m gonna  have the day off.
I’m gonna pretend I’m mad!”
He climbs up the rafters,  hangs upside down and shouts
“I’M A LIGHT BULB! .. I’M A LIGHT  BULB!”
Murphy watches in amazement!
The Foreman shouts “Paddy you’re mad,  go home”
So he leaves the site.  Murphy starts packing his kit up to  leave as well.
“Where the hell are you going?” asks the Foreman.
“I can’t  work in the friggin’ dark!” says Murphy

Paddy is said to be shocked at finding out all his cows  have Bluetongue.
“Be Jeysus!” he said, “I didn’t even know they had mobile phones!”

Paddy, had long heard the stories of an amazing family  tradition.
It appeared that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had  all been able to walk  on water on their 18th birthday.
On that special day, they’d each walked  across the lake to the pub on the far side for  their first legal drink.
So when Paddy’s, 18th birthday came ’round, he and  his pal Mick, took a boat out to the  middle of the lake, Paddy, stepped out of the boat . . . And nearly  drowned!

Mick  just barely managed to pull him to safety.

Furious  and confused, Paddy, went to see his grandmother.

“Grandma,”  he asked, “It’s my 18th birthday, so why can’t I walk ‘cross the lake like my  father, his father, and his father before him?”

Granny  looked deeply into Paddy’s troubled brown eyes and said; “Because  your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather were all born in  December, when the lake is frozen, and you were born in August.”

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House on the road to Shieldaig

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Garelochhead

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The Irish Rover     Ian Muir Sound     Scottish Country Dances Vol 3

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Harris beaches

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Grandma is eighty-eight years old and still drives her own car. She writes:

Dear Grand-daughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a
‘Honk if you love Jesus’ bumper sticker ..

I was feeling particularly sassy that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting.

So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Boy, am I glad I did; what an uplifting experience that followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn’t notice that the light had changed.

It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn’t honked, I’d never have noticed..

I found that lots of people love Jesus!

While I was sitting there, the guy behind started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, ‘For the love of God!’

‘Go! Go! Go! Jesus Christ, GO!’

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!

Everyone started honking!

I just leaned out my window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people.

I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love! ;  There must have been a man from Florida back there because I heard him yelling something about a sunny beach.

I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air.

I asked my young teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant.

He said it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I have never met anyone from Hawaii , so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign right back.

My grandson burst out laughing.

Why even he was enjoying this religious experience!!

A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me.

I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

So, grinning, I waved at all my brothers and sisters, and drove on through the intersection.

I noticed that I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again and felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared.

So I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away. Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!!

Will write again soon,

Love, Grandma

Isle of Coll

Have you had both Jabs?  If not why?  What are you waiting for?  You will not be admitted to Ceilidh Dances unless you have had 2 jabs of the approved vaccines – NEXT CEILIDH DANCE IS ON April 29, 2022 which is over 2 Weeks away!!

May your troubles be one, may your blessings be more,
and may nothing but happiness come through your door.

Duncan MacKenzie
ceilidh@rscdsvancouver.org