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House & Garden
I’m back in the States and it’s the first day of classes — and one of the classes I thought was the second half of the semester is actually the first half (if you have a class numbered 246 and a 247,...
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Caird Park
Just a ten minute walk from our city street, abundant nature and history: Tagged: Caird Park, Dundee, nature, photography, photos, Scotland
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Finland: Heading South
Finally, a little time to finish my Finland odyssey! I just typed “the end” on the doc for White Rabbit, my supernatural crime novel. It’s taken a bit longer to complete it (over a year) because it...
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Finland: Helsinki Redux
Tagged: family, Finland, Finnish, food, friends, Helsinki, photography, photos, sisu, travel
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Orkney Bound
It was hard tearing myself away from Dundee, as I had just got back from NY (or so it seemed) and Allan had just built me a brick wall that spelled out “Angry Birds” in Minecraft But I had a great...
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Orkney: Churches and Stones
Tagged: ancient sites, burial, cairns, churches, magic, medieval, Orkney, pagan, photos, travel
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Orkney: Birsay
Only accessible at low tide, the island of Birsay was a viking stronghold offering safety and seclusion and gorgeous views. It’s also John Peel Day: share the music by keeping it Peel! Tagged: Birsay,...
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Orkney: Maeshowe & John Rae
More on John Rae Maeshowe Official Site Be sure to drop by A Knife & A Quill to read my Allan’s latest review Tagged: Arctic, burial, explorer, Inuit, John Rae, Maeshowe, mesolithic, museums,...
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Orkney: Ring of Brodgar
There’s nothing quite like these amazing old monuments, is there? Mary and Amy brought me by here the night I arrived in Orkney. I tried to take a picture in the moonlight but my camera wasn’t really...
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Orkney: Skara Brae
I didn’t get a picture of the seal who was bobbing up and down in the waves, but it was a sunny blustery day and I found Skara Brae very inspiring as well as fascinating. We had a lovely day there,...
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Orkney: Skaill House and Our House
Remember, remember — fireworks tonight. Up in the northern isles they may just go with the Aurora Borealis I am eager to go back to Orkney. It’s quite a striking place. The people who choose to live...
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Random London
Tagged: conferences, London, London Eye, mods, photographs, photos, plays, scooters, theatre, travel, Waterloo Bridge
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Dundee Lights 2013
There’s an undeniable spirit of hope in the city these days; the final presentation for the City of Culture bid has been made and we have just a few days to wait for the results. In the meantime,...
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Holidays in Dundee
It’s the darkest portion of the year, so most of us find ways to surround ourselves with light and sparkle and family and fun. We did our best and there has been much laughter, silliness and a lot of...
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Happy Birthday, Bertie
Happy birthday to my little brother today. Here he is looking suave on the Salthill shore on Galway Bay. We had fun during his visit. He’s taking good care of my cat Kipper while I’m in Scotland (and...
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TOA/V: Photography in Dundee
There are a couple of good photographic exhibits on right now in Dundee. At the Central Library there’s a great display of photographs of archival material from the building of the original Tay Bridge...
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Dundee Spring
Hanging out in the Howff on a sunny day :-) Always a delight. Tagged: cemeteries, Dundee, flowers, nature, photographs, photography, photos, spring, The Howff, wheel of the year
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Switzerland: Fribourg
Thanks to the fabulous and generous Yateses, I had a most splendid time in Switzerland! This is the view from the balcony of their lovely flat, chock full of wonderful art and books books books — so...
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