And sae let the Lord be thankit

[pkhentz]

The word for Friday was "Meatless", which seems a bit of an easy one for me. As S said, when I told her yesterday that it was the photo I missed the day before, "You can just take a photo of tonight's dinner". Of course, we were at Victoria Gardens, and we went to the Cheesecake Factory. I had their Seared Tuna Tataki Salad, which is as much like

Comments

[sachem_head]

Your Burns reference is noted and appreciated, ye wee beastie.

[pkhentz]

I am glad that it didn't go un-marked.

[sachem_head]

And might I comment on the day after St. Patrick's Day about pan-Celtic bonhomie? I heard an NPR report on the NYC parade yesterday, which featured a bagpipe band in the background. And as if that wasn't enough, the tune the band was playing was "Scotland the Brave."

Also, I'll just pass along that I was sitting with Dad this morning, drinking a cup of coffee, and he was relaying to me stories of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations at Rolla. He said that when he was in college, St. Patrick's Day was the big deal on campus, bigger than any other Spring event.

[redbaydreamer]

Explain please, some of us didn't get it.

[pkhentz]

It's from the Selkirk Grace:

"Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
And sae let the Lord be thankit."

I can eat meat, but I do not want (need) it.