A fun night.

'Meet the Buchanans' was a delight. We thought it might be a Scottish remake of that Sacha Cohen movie Borat but wasn't. The director deftly allowed the viewer to make up their own mind about the millionaire landowners. The two lucid American ladies, the knowledgeable Scottish tartan weaver, the skilled young stone mason and the emotional Mexican tequila maker ( with a better claim to the title than the new incumbent ) were all figures out of Thackeray. The dogs of the family formed a Greek chorus with their own cynical and sometimes bored view of events and came off as the stars of the show. It would have been so easy to satirize or parody the pretentiousness but the whole thing was carried off with a gentle grace and kindness. The co-director was witty and answered questions afterwards with a disarming charm. We enjoyed ourselves. A wet Scottish January evening well spent.

At the scene of the robbery there's little sign of the excitement that has recently taken place. Closer examination shows that the glass on a side door has been replaced. Todays local paper should give us an indication of how the police ' are proceeding with their enquiries '.

The Six Nations rugby championship now being advertised. Some of the bars are already reserving tables for the Scotland matches. Snack menus from £18 a head are being offered. One enterprising landlord has already sold out and is no longer taking reservations. When it comes to the important things in life like rugby the students prepare well in advance.

If the pre-school selection in the bookstore window is anything to go by there can be no doubting where you are.

The bakers side window is now offering a range of Valentines chocolate boxes. Inside there's no sign yet of Valentines biscuits. These will probably wait until the last of the Burns Night variety have been sold.

This being practised in chapel this morning. Modern but strangely peaceful :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NWd0D1j_YE&list=RD0NWd0D1j_YE&start_radio=1

More on Penguins. 0% in Greenland ( it's the wrong end of the globe) :https://x.com/theepicmap/status/2016583700608405584

Nothing new in these differences ? :https://www.sciencenorway.no/children-and-adolescents-digital-teknologi-gender-and-society/girls-and-boys-live-different-digital-lives-according-to-researchers/2606377

Greenland is a treasure trove :https://theconversation.com/greenland-is-rich-in-natural-resources-a-geologist-explains-why-273022