Tag: Scotland

  • Happy New Year

    Happy New Year

    You may have noticed that lately I haven’t been blogging much. Back in October, I got married, and then ran off to the U.K. for my honeymoon. We spent some time touring Scotland in a manual transmission car on the left side of the road. (It wasn’t scary at all.) The whole trip was magical…

  • Escaping Reality with Outlander: “Dragonfly in Amber” Review

    Escaping Reality with Outlander: “Dragonfly in Amber” Review

    I’ve always liked books that transport me far away from today’s world. It’s rare that I’ll read a contemporary novel — give me an epic fantasy in another realm, a science fiction adventure on an other planet, or a historical romance set in another time. Lately, the Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon have been…

  • Why I Finally Fell in Love with “Outlander”

    Why I Finally Fell in Love with “Outlander”

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    Outlander has become my newest television obsession. Every holiday break, my fiancé is out of town to be with his family for Christmas — which leaves me with a lot of spare time on my hands that I normally don’t have. It also means that any TV shows we are watching together, I have to…