Struggling with insomnia?

June 10, 2026
Oh, to sleep like a baby! Are you (like me) struggling with insomnia? Here’s what can actually help: If you’ve ever stared at the ceiling at 3 a.m. wondering why sleep won’t come, you know how discouraging insomnia can be. I hear from so many people—especially women over 50—who say...

Goodbye to the Scottish highlands

June 17, 2010
We loved our time in the highlands.Every mile was an awe-inspiring picture: a fence with flowers growing nearby; the greenest grass and hills, mountains, really; a loch,...

Kilts, bagpipes & haggis

June 17, 2010
I have to tell you the truth. I'm getting tired of the obligatory group dinners that touring requires and we long to go off on our own, dine when we choose, where we...

Exhausted! and off to count these cuties

June 16, 2010

Lambs, sheep, dogs, puppies, cows—another day in the coun...

June 16, 2010
We had a far more elaborate sheepdog demonstration today, along with sheepshearing. The dogs were fantastic and even an 8-week old puppy was trying to get in the act. ...

Macbeth’s Thane of Cawdor

June 16, 2010
Yes, there's a castle here that relates to Shakespeare and yes, it belonged to the Thane of Cawdor and is still owned by his descendants.It's a small castle with a dry...

More ancient than Stonehenge

June 16, 2010
Since we still hadn't our fill of burial sites, we visited the tranquil and serene Clava Cairns.Cairns are stone igloo-like burial chambers and these date back 4,000...

The "glory" of war

June 16, 2010
There seems to be no end to the way we humans memorialize the carnage of war and we stopped by the Battlefield of Culloden and its elaborately detailed and well-done...

Flowers across the ocean

June 16, 2010

Night fell. Or didn’t.

June 16, 2010
Inverness, Scotland 6pmInverness, Scotland 7pmInverness, Scotland 8pmInverness, Scotland 9pmInverness, Scotland 10pmInverness, Scotland 11pmYawn. Went to bed...

Power corrupts

June 16, 2010
While on the road, I read Andrew Young's book about the John Edwards debacle. I think it was an even-handed record of events and I was surprised that it didn't read as...

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