Lessons in Beauty: Dunnattor Castle

Today is my last full day in Aberdeen; tomorrow afternoon, I”ll catch the train down to Edinburgh and spend a couple of days before flying home on Monday. So you can imagine how thrilled I was to wake to a beautiful blue sky that meant we could take more of an...

A Stone on the Cairn for Mom

M and I drove about an hour southwest of Aberdeen this morning so that I could lay a stone on Cairn O’ Mount, at the recommendation of a dear friend. We and the kiddos wound our way down out of Aberdeen and up into the mountains where snow still sat in nearly...

Loving the Scottish Highlands

Over the weekend, M and I drove up from Aberdeen to the Highlands and stayed in Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness. Aside from just loving the weekend to talk with one of my oldest friends, it was a place that I loved immediately. I’m a mountain girl at heart, and if...

One Limb of William Wallace

Back on my feet today, so out we went, and I was immediately reminded of why I love Britain. . . 1. Everything here is old. 2. People are more patient. Drivers, pedestrians, the cute woman who let us tour a church where one limb from William Wallace’s body is...