Received email notification that my new MacDonald of Clanranald kilt shipped today. I'll probably wear out the UPS tracking site the next few days. ;)

My two cents worth...
I was at a Reformation Sunday service this morning. During the sermon the pastor made a comment about being an Italian-Catholic Presbyterian pastor serving in Salt Lake City,...

Rocky, I retire in seven years. If you can hold off 'til then, I'm happy to relocate. :D

Seriously, good luck in your search.

We visited on a cold, windy, rainy November day. The weather seemed to provide the perfect setting for our ramble around the battlefield. It was definitely a sobering day....

I've run into that too. I have a fairly common last name--Allen--and I've seen it spelled Allan, Allen, Allin, Allun, Allyn etc., sometimes two or three different ways in the same document.

One of my favorites. I really like their Scotland the Brave.

Enjoy the trip. We spent a week for our wedding anniversary a few years ago and had the time of our lives. We started talking about going back almost as soon as we got home.
Other than Castle...

Sorta Rosanne Rosannadanna-ish :)

You're absolutely right that there is no romance. Sadly, I learned first-hand as a boy that it's not just individuals who suffer from post-traumatic stress. Many times it's the entire family that...

Cold and foggy, 20F as I drove to work this morning. Ice crystals settling out of the fog onto the roads made for an interesting drive.

As a postal supervisor, it seems I spend half my day explaining that fact to customers who are convinced their package should have been delivered yesterday. ;)

Just above freezing with snow flurries while out on my morning run. I had Bob Marley on the Walkman and,in my mind's eye, I could picture myself relaxing on the beach listening to the sounds of the...

As much as I hate working in the snow, I'd rather deal with it than freezing rain.

Those who were wishing for a white Christmas around here are happy; those of us who have to work in it are swearing and wondering when it'll clear up. :D
Ten inches of snow on Christmas day, clear...

I grew up in northern California and in Washington. I also now live in Utah. I don't think it's that they drop the 't'; it's that the syllables are accented differently. For instance, in my west...

-8C with light snow when I headed out for my morning run. I think it's time to move down under for the next six months or so. :D

58F here today; supposed to have our first snow on Monday. :(

We've been both years. One of our neighbors is on the organizing committee. Moab is my favorite part of the state. I'll take any excuse I can get to go to Arches National Park.
I'll be interested...

I'm up at 0400 for work. I've worked an early shift for so long that I wake at that time no matter what. My wife hates me when we're on vacation. :)

Off topic Celtic Mom, but will they be going to Scots on the Rocks in Moab this weekend?

"Closet shrinkage" I like that. :)

I know the feeling. I'm way overdue for another visit. Thanks for the link.

First of all, this is not a book review. But there was a reference in a book I've been reading that made me chuckle last night, then think a little too. I'm reading Song of the Vikings, which is...

Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors. I especially like the comments he makes in the footnotes. :)

Jock, I get the feeling you don't want us to come visit. I'm hurt. :D