Tag: Scotland
Ah, Scotland
It’s good to be back! 🙂 Of course I forgot to mention the waiting hours in Edinburgh Airport waiting for the first train this morning (>_<) I dozed and watched ongoing repairs (oh, the excitement!)
On the Road Again
Yes, I am Scotland bound once more, arriving in Dundee for my birthday tomorrow by way of Dublin and Edinburgh. Bertie and I got a tree this weekend from the farm around the corner and decorated it while watching Fanny & Alexander in accordance with tradition. There was some akvavit and monster king crab legs,…
Dundee Stones
Next week at this time I will be at Loncon3 talking about Tove Jansson and her Moomins. And I will be missing Dundee 🙁 It’s going to be strange returning to teaching in NY.
New York Bound
Assuming all is well I am on my way into the west — New York, that is. I leave behind my stalwart pirate crew whom I will be missing a lot. Having an early flight I had to leave the night before and stay in a windowless budget hotel (well, I could have stayed in…
Slang Bling at the McManus
My crazy Dundee adventures continue: yesterday I was down at the McManus Galleries getting a prize thanks to Bonnie Bling! I had entered their Slang Bling contest with the word “Oary” which I of course learned from Gary Robertson and The Cundeez long ago on Twitter. There were other folks there, too! But somehow I…
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 there are extraordinary. In the meantime, I’m NaNo-ing and getting ready to head south for the Weird Conference…
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, including lunch in the café (mmmm, salmon). I was less interested in the manor…
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 opportunity to go stay with friends Mary and Amy, while the latter takes…