Months are Like Days

Was June compressed this year? I can't believe that we are on the eve of July. Our friends David and Rachel joined us in early June at the start of their month-long honeymoon and they return this week at the tail end.

Their blog 100% Chance of Happiness has the most stunning photos of their travels. We'll be together on 4th of July. The question is how will we celebrate? Perhaps by going to a smoke-free pub!

Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond

Stephen and I are heading up to Scotland for the weekend.

Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

This song always seemed happy to me until I learned what's behind the song. Follow the link and learn more.

Mon Cherie

Two of the best benefits of working in a Not for Profit organisation are the places you go and the people you meet. Last night I attended the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards, better known as the LALYs and the Chair of the event was Cheri Booth aka Cheri Blair, the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Cheri is a lawyer with the ranking QC (Queen's Council) and a portion of her practice are Legal Aid cases. This means that her practice, like other Legal Aid lawyers, depends on the government's willingness to continue to support Legal Aid cases. The government is proposing cuts in fees for these lawyers to the point of greatly jeopardising their ability to help those most in need. These are the issues that the organisation I work for, Legal Action Group, take most seriously.

Now back to our regularly schedule programming...

The event's Master of Ceremony interviewed Cheri on stage - her first major event as the wife of the former Prime Minister. She was eloquent, passionate, articulate and willing to answer all sorts of questions - nothing like she is portrayed in the press. Her most memorable moments?

1. Answering the door in her nightgown to find it was the press taking her photo.
2. Meeting world leaders including two popes.
3. Having a baby at 45 and while her husband was in office.
4. Dining at the White House with the Clintons and being serenaded by Stevie Wonder to the tune of Mon Cherie Amore.

I think the wig takes the cake - although that's for her day job.


Photo from Wikipedia.