Cool Old Couple

I'm standing at a red light, waiting for green. I'm wearing a MacBitseach Grizzly Cut kilt, black fleece jacket, runners and white socks pushed down.
An elderly couple crossing the other way notices my kilt and stops.
"Well, you look great!" he says.
"I'm not very dressy today." I shrugged.
"You get dressy for the Queen and she's not here. My brother was in the Black Watch in WWII. He wore his kilt home and my mother called it a skirt. Well sir, he almost killed her!" He smiled, remembering.
Then the light changed and we said a quick goodbye. I looked back at them from across the street and he gave me one of those Burt Lancaster waves.
There's just not enough time to stop and talk to all the people you'd like to talk to.

Popular posts from this blog

Hey! New Guy!

You just got your first kilt and you want to look just right before you go out the door because you don't want to look like a doofus by wearing the wrong socks or some other such nonsense. I can't tell you how many times I've heard this and how many times I've told people it just doesn't matter! 99% of the populace will see nothing but a guy in a kilt. They have no clue as to what is proper with a kilt and what is considered 'wrong' with a kilt. As long as you've got the pleats in the rear, you're pretty much okay. Traditionalists will argue that. They'll tell you how high your socks should be and how you should dress to suit them. Other kilt wearers will tell you why your shoes don't match your belt, just to feel superior. Fuggem. Fuggem all. Nobody would dare correct what you wear when you're not in a kilt. Why let 'em tell you when you are in a kilt? Every day I see guys in black suits and brown shoes; a fashion blunder if
Read more

Well, that's embarrassing!

As I poke around blogger to get used to blogging again, I have discovered 31 comments from 2005 that I never answered because I didn't know they were there. Some were tring to contact me to buy a kilt. Some were shairing their own kilted stories. One was a woman who said I was teasing her by wearing a kilt. Most were commenting on the posts. Not one negative in the bunch and it gave me pleasure to remember some old pals. It may be that real men wear kilts... but they're also good people.
Read more

The Bear

Image
As far as my paintings go, here's the old Bear Kilts logo to give you an idea of what to expect. This is done in acrylic paint, on paper prepared to look like stone. I'm working on a method of making a painting that looks like a piece of stone on the wall with a cave painting on it. More pics to come.
Read more