It’s January!\u00a0 Let’s see what’s on my to-do list:<\/p>\n
These and a dozen other things are how I get ready for our Burns Supper, an event that admirers of Robert Burns and his poems and songs have done for more than 200 years since 7 or 8 of his close friends shared the first supper a few years after his death in 1796.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The event, which happens on or near January 25, the anniversary of his birth in 1759)\u00a0is centered around a meal and contains, at minimum, a Burns poem, a haggis, and a toast to the great Scottish poet.\u00a0 Our four-hour event includes good food, good poetry, good conversation, and a wee dram or two of good scotch.<\/p>\n
Below is the invitation I’m sending out tonight.\u00a0 It’s not original but that’s o.k.: with a literary event you don’t have to do every thing from scratch.\u00a0 If anybody reading this is going to be in the Washington D.C. area on January 22 and would like to join us, give me a call.<\/p>\n
Tae Oor Good Friends
\nFrae Gary and John<\/p>\n
You are weel bidden tae oor<\/p>\n
Burns Supper<\/span><\/p>\n on Setturday, Januar 22<\/p>\n A wee dram a\u2019 a bite – five o’clock At John\u2019s hoose Let us ken if ye are comin\u2019<\/p>\n Weir yer kilt or wha\u2019 hae ye.<\/p>\n What though on hamely fare we dine It’s January!\u00a0 Let’s see what’s on my to-do list: Read a Robert Burns biography – check; Order the haggis – check Put together the Immortal Memory speech – check Send out the invitations to Burns supper – check Practice the … Continue reading
\nSupper – six o\u2019clock<\/p>\n
\nAdelphi, Maryland<\/p>\n
\nWear hoddin\u2019 grey and a\u2019 that
\nGie fools their silks and knaves their wine;
\nA man\u2019s a man for a\u2019 that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"