January 27

ISN'T it sad when people, having reached a certain birthday milestone, decide that life holds nothing new, exciting or even worthwhile for them any more?
Far better, surely, to be like author Mary Ogilvie who, in the 1800s and having just celebrated her ninety-third birthday, saw her first book published! It went by the grand-sounding title of "A Scottish Childhood And What Happened After".
They do say that everyone has a book in them. Have you started yours yet? Mary Ogilvie did - and she finished it!