Celebrating and remembering

Well I’m celebrating today for two reasons.  One, I passed my assignment and achieved a very reasonable mark.  Considering I didn’t enjoy writing this one in the end it seems that I did a rather acceptable job.  So I’m delighted. There is nothing like getting great feedback from your tutor to spur you on to the next one.

Of course the other reason for celebration is that it’s Burns night – an annual celebration, not just in Scotland but all over the world of the work of Robert Burns.  As I’ve already written a post to the Lassies (in this case some the wonderful lassies who I’ve come to know through blogging) I thought, to celebrate the life of the Bard today, I would come at it from a different tack.

Now Rabbie was famous, in part, for the lassies who inspired his work. Today however I wanted to share the words he wrote about his best pal, Willie Stewart. This is sung by the lovely Eddi Reader (who my husband carries a torch for her and I think, in another life had she been available and said yes, I would not have found myself married to my lovely Scottish man.  Alas he still carries a torch for her – but that’s ok because he’s mine now Anyway if you watch this clip I think you’ll understand why he still does.)

So here’s Eddi to help you kick start your Burns Night. A beautiful song with a wicked jig at the end.

So, having toasted the lassies this is for all the laddies out there.