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Black sheep
So, I haven’t really wanted to mention this. It’s unfortunate and a little embarrassing. But lately there have been some news articles drawing attention to the topic so I might as well face facts. You know that wonderful little island in Scotland that I … Continue reading
Posted in Islands, UK
Tagged 2016 election, Donald Trump, election, genealogy, Hebrides, Isle of Lewis, Lewis, Scotland
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Happy to be here
It’s that time of year again… when lads and lassies don kilts, wristbands, and anoraks to stand in the rain and listen to rock and roll played on the bagpipes. It’s HebCelt 2016, and these are my people. There’s good beer, too. We got … Continue reading
Posted in Islands, Music, UK
Tagged HebCelt, Hebridean Celtic Festival, Isle of Harris, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, Stornoway
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St. Kilda
I love islands. The two places I return to again and again are the island of Ikaria in Greece and my location at this moment, Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. I keep a sort of life list of other islands … Continue reading
Bookish
Edinburgh is a literary city. Maybe it’s the winters: we were here for a week in February 2012 and I’ll attest that the weather then was perfect for broody author types (and reader types too). It’s no wonder “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” … Continue reading
Around Lewis
On Lewis we stayed in a cottage just down the road from the Standing Stones of Callanish. HebCelt took up three full days, but we had two weeks and a car to get around in. Here are some pictures from our time … Continue reading
My man Murdo
I’ve written before about my ongoing investigations into the roots of the MacIver family tree. But despite many research hours spent in Lewis and Harris’s libraries, cemeteries, and family history center, I’d come away from previous visits unable to “cross the water.” On this trip I was … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Islands, UK
Tagged family history, genealogy, Isle of Lewis, MacIver, Murdo MacIver, Murdoch MacIver, Scotland, Stornaway
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HebCelt 2015
Andreas and I had a blast at the HebCelt music festival in 2013 and knew it would be a highlight of our summer in Scotland this year as well. The bands were all new to us with no repeats from two years … Continue reading
Posted in Islands, Music, UK
Tagged HebCelt, Hebridean Celtic Festival, Lewis, music, Scotland, Stornoway
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Glasgow
We had planned to visit the whisky isles – Jura and Islay – but after our last day on Mull, we thought that anything else we might do in the islands couldn’t compare with our trip to Staffa and Lunga. … Continue reading
Don’t let a little Cullen skink scare you
Scottish cuisine gets an undeservedly bad rap. Everyone likes to poke fun at haggis (see the video clip in this post from my old food blog if you’re into haggis humor). But the great chieftain of the pudding race gets … Continue reading
Staffa and Treshnish
Wow. We’ve seen some great stuff on this trip, but this really puts a bow on it. We booked a daytrip to Staffa and Treshnish through Turus Mara. A little bus picked us up at Salen’s village center and delivered … Continue reading
Posted in Elsewhere, Islands
Tagged birds, Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, Lunga, puffins, Scotland, Treshnish, United Kingdom
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Lorna of Arabia 