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August 2019

Tower of London

The message on the tee shirt of the guy from Barcelona, who sat across from me on the train from London Gatwick …

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson is a wide-ranging artist-activist born in Copenhagen in 1967, whose work I had not yet encountered. On August 25, 2019, …

Highland Adventures with Family

Dunrobin Castle was the first stop on Lilli and Violet”s welcome-to-Scotland tour on August 19. Dunrobin has all the elements of a …

Getting Our Steps

Is it important to walk 10,000 steps each day to stay fit? The BBC reports that three brisk 10-minute walks per day …

Highland Clearances

Two centuries ago the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland decided they could profit more by installing large-scale sheep farms on their vast …

Dornoch Cathedral

As the church bells ring on Sunday mornings, Allene, Jim, Steve, and I walk through an ancient graveyard to worship at Dornoch …

Highland Gardens

From the day we arrived in Dornoch two weeks ago, the gardens of the Highlands of Scotland have brought much beauty into …

Highland Games

Sunny 68-degree weather favored the Highland Games we attended in both Dornoch and Moy this past weekend. On Friday at noon we …

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