My dad has Alzheimer’s. He needs full-time care but we have been turned away from every facility | Jane Rawson His illness will get worse, my mum will get weaker, neither of them are safe and nothing will be done until there is an emergency

My dad has Alzheimer’s. He needs full-time care but we have been turned away from every facility | Jane Rawson

Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds Despite benefits, girls far less likely than boys to play sport due to cost and lack of access, according to the research Girls who play after-school sport in the UK are 50% more likely to get top jobs later in life, according to research, which reveals that the boost is equivalent to a university degree. Despite this benefit, girls are far less likely to play sport than boys, with 11- to 18-year-olds each missing out on 1.4 hours a week, or 280m hours annually, with 340,000 more girls excluded due to cost and lack of local access, according to the research. One in three girls surveyed for the report said boys had access to a wider range of sports. Continue reading...

Girls who play after-school sport in UK 50% more likely to later get top jobs, study finds

The Sea Cliffs

The setting sun makes slanting rays shine down
Upon these cliffs through evening mist and spray
To gild them in the waning light of day
With golden glory as a laurel crown.

Martin Rizley

Old Buildings Speak
Of their store-house of olden wares.
Tobacco drying,
Machines turning,
Lumber curing,
Fabric spinning,
Scissors trimming..

Time knows no beginning or end,
Old Buildings wave and wind,
And the Words live on in the Wind... 

Marianne Larsen Reninger

#IsleofSkye
#Cuillins

"Bless those who see life through through a different window, and those who understand their view".

Unknown

#IsleofSkye
#Uig

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud" 🌈

Maya Angelou

"Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us." 

Samuel Smiles

We still have places at our Easter Youth Fèis during the Easter holidays! This non-residential music week, which takes place in Tain, Ullapool and Dingwall, runs from 7-10th April and is a pay what you can event, open to P4-S6 - no experience necessary. Thigibh ann! 🥳

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Our next 8 tutors for Fèis Rois nan Inbheach in May! Join us in Ullapool for a great weekend of music, song and dance. We'll be announcing our full Fringe programme next week so stay tuned! feisrois.org/residential-...

@findlaynapier.bsky.social

#IsleofSkye
#Staffin

I look to the horizon and imagine another me
walking a beach somewhere over there,
listening to my thoughts,
as they channel across the sea
Grateful for this beauty, the gift of nature...

Eiken

Auschwitz survivors return to camp as they and world leaders mark 80th anniversary of its liberation – live Holocaust survivors return for memorial ceremony on 80th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp The Auschwitz anniversary is starting just now with a morning commemoration at the “wall of death” at the end of the block 11’s…

Auschwitz survivors return to camp as they and world leaders mark 80th anniversary of its liberation – live

#IsleofSkye
Dùn Skudiburgh
@duncanchisholm
'Beneath the Fortress' 🎻🎵

Serenity

Peaceful in the moment
Tranquil in your soul..
There is no need to journey
No need to get away
Just carve out a moment
And enjoy it every day
The moment will embrace you
Take time to give it care
Finding the serenity
Of just being there.

Robert Longley

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more From Maigret to Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple, authors choose the whodunnits they love to hunker down with at this time of year A Maigret Christmas and Other Stories by Georges Simenon Continue reading...

‘Perfect for winter nights’: the best crime novels to read at Christmas according to Ian Rankin, Bella Mackie and more

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Take time to think. Think it through. Think of the possible solutions. Once you have the answer, it's time to stop thinking and do the things you took the time to think about because you've already thought it through and you came up with the answer.

#KindnessMatters ✨️ #BeTheChange ✨️ #Ripples

Lost In A Sunset

The golden globe of sun drops down
At the end of a perfect day
Sunsets' as lovely as a painting
He designed them just that way.
No matter what will happen
As we stumble down life's road
We're not alone we never are
God helps us carry the load.

M. Lott

The golden coat in the sky
Turned the rest so dark,
When reflected in the water
The loch was ignited with sparks...

Chirping of the returning birds
Announced the end of the day,
To bring another morning,
The sun had to set today.

Jyoti Sunit Chaudhary

Calm as a quiet loch
When hope shines like the sun
Oh my soul be calm as a still water
In serenity in your patience..
The cloudy days soon will be gone
And hope will shine.. and I will smile
Until then let me live in patience
In the reflection of calmness

Fasika Ayalew

Just a little silliness 😂

The Ruin

Old ruin you will still be here, when we are long gone.
You will shine in the sunlight and gleam in the moonlight and your four walls will always be a refuge for the animals and the birds, for to them you are home and somewhere to stay.

Sandra Kavanagh

“Rivers flow not past, but through us; tingling, vibrating, exciting every cell and fiber in our bodies, making them sing and glide.“

John Muir

Flower image with words ‘it’s time to take care of yourself’

During this season, here's some UK mental health hotlines
Samaritans 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org for reply within 24 hours
Shout Crisis Text Line text "SHOUT" to 85258, text "YM" if you're under 19
If you're under 19, Childline 0800 1111 (number will not appear on phone bill)

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024 Salman Rushdie’s account of his near-fatal stabbing, a 360-degree view of Queen Elizabeth II and Al Pacino’s rags to riches career are among this year’s most compelling personal histories There are myriad ways to tell the story of a life, as shown by…

The best biographies and memoirs of 2024

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First session today of my Curriculum Leadership module. Each year I accurately choose the bad weather day for session one, with people travelling from as far afield as Galloway

The best fiction of 2024 From Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo to Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings, Percival Everett’s James and a host of inventive debuts – this year’s highlights in fiction In a year of surprises – a posthumous fable from Gabriel García Márquez, a superhero…

The best fiction of 2024

"Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself."

Somya Kedia.