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<\/a>Flags of Scotland and Colorado, united in a garage devoted to beer, auto restoration . . . and table tennis.<\/p><\/div>\n
The hostess is emphatically Scottish. Although she has lived here more than twenty years, raised two kids, and stayed employed, she retains her British citizenship\u2014and when the 18th of September rolled around\u2014the Scottish referendum on independence <\/a>\u2014 you could count her in the “No” camp.<\/p>\n On his pocked, “45%,” the vote percentage gained by the pro-independence side.<\/p><\/div>\n I wasn’t too surprised then that this year’s “guy” was an effigy of Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond. It’s not always a political thing, although one night a local landowner almost got his turn on the fire.<\/a><\/p>\n As usual, the daughter of the house carved a Guy Fawkes-themed jack o’ l I may live in a community (not a statutory town) of about six hundred, but even we have our moments of globalization.<\/p>\n On the other hand \u2014 and my hosts were well aware of this \u2014 had we burnt Salmond in the UK, it would have been a matter for “police concern.<\/a>” In\u00a0 the Sussex town of Lewes, an interesting substitution was made.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The neighborhood celebration of Guy Fawkes\/Bonfire Night happened last night, three nights past the canonical date, but we are southern Coloradans, not necessarily up to date. The hostess is emphatically Scottish. Although she has lived here more than twenty years, raised two kids, and stayed employed, she retains her British citizenship\u2014and when the 18th of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[241,23,17],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bonfire-night","tag-colorado","tag-scotland"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-1Mq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":151,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=151","url_meta":{"origin":6846,"position":0},"title":"Wolves in Colorado and in\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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Go here for a typical evening's program, Alberta version.\"You'll see,\" she said. \"The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12763,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=12763","url_meta":{"origin":6846,"position":2},"title":"Starring Ava Gardner as the Faery Queen","author":"Chas S. Clifton","date":"March 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Ava Gardner (1922\u20131990) was one of the most famous American film stars of the late 1940s through the 1960s, probably best known for The Night of the Iguana (1964). She had moved to London 1968, which might be why she was cast in a movie that, given my interests, I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Colorado\"","block_context":{"text":"Colorado","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=colorado"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fairy_crew.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fairy_crew.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/fairy_crew.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=25","url_meta":{"origin":6846,"position":3},"title":"Scottish Pagans seek recognition","author":"Chas S. 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It doesn't feel very\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Halloween\"","block_context":{"text":"Halloween","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?tag=halloween"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chasclifton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/halloween-goth-girl-240x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1044,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1044","url_meta":{"origin":6846,"position":5},"title":"The Invention of Scotland…","author":"Chas S. 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