That arena has some history. It's the site of the main stage for the Monterey Jazz Festival. I've seen the Count Basie band and the Modern Jazz Quartet there, a "number" of years ago. It's also...

It'll be good to see you! Come on over and play for us!

I'm just doing this because I'm friends with the GuildMistress. She's the chairman for the Ardenwood Tartan Day Games, which I've been...

A few years ago I found some "tartan" (it's not a twill weave) semi-stretchy wool. It's actually a wool/acrylic mix with some elastic sewn in. I made myself a pair of cadadh from the stuff. So...

Cognoscenti, I'll pass along a recommendation... I had a good experience purchsing a 1750's-style waistcoat and a banded-collar shirt from Folklore Fashions on ETSY
...

I will either be in:
1.) the Living History area...the largish lad with the tan/brown waistcoat or
2.) in the MacNaughton clan tent or
3.) watching one of the lads that I coach take a crack at...

-->> There will be pictures by the end of the week.

As I've advanced in years, I find that I'm no longer at the top of the heap in the 50-59 age class for the heavy athletics. The Pleasanton...

I'm just seeing this now......sad. Trefor was a fine lad and an asset to the site.

I quite like Rocky's tartan, and I have a swatch of it at home. I've seen a kilt made out of it and I like it a lot. I'm not sure why folks are all mad about it.

I'd own it if I didn't have...

1. the word "hose" refers to one sock.

Here's a pair of hose.

http://slanjkilts.com/mediaLibrary/images/english/97614.jpg

The word "hoses" does not refer to socks. The word "hoses" refers to...

Scott Rider is a superb Highland Athlete, and a very nice man.

What DNA testing is extremely good at is determining if the hypothetical pair, Joe and Bill are closely related, or not.... or you and Monique in Paris. Determining how closely related two specific...

As a general rule, DNA testing paints a very broad picture of anybodys background.

If you HAPPEN by pure chance, to have a unique combination of mutations, or one incredibly unique single...

Honestly, think about your goal.

Do you want to trace, person to person to person, your direct lineage as far back as you possibly can? If that's the case, then IMHO there is no DNA testing that...

If you know that your family hails from there, then your best bet is to start looking at records in those counties that date to approximately the time that your relatives emigrated. I'm sure that...

McElmurry wrote this: " It is not helpful to know you share small amounts of DNA with somebody if you can't compare trees to figure out where the common genes originated. "

I can't emphasize this...

No.

Or at least, it is phenomenally highly unlikely. It is POSSIBLE that you could have some incredibly unique polymorphism which might be shared by a relative who because of the family bible, or...

On the sailing forum that I sometimes view, there's a saying about "making popcorn" when viewing a post/thread that is bound to devolve into a great big, horrendous mess.

I've got my Orville...

I drank a lot of it when I was over there but I'm not just wild about the stuff.

However, the redheaded lass is worth getting wild about. I also rather like the blue and orange kilt, though I...

Nice!.... He'll dig it, I'm sure.

Were the Athletics cancelled? There are no results up on the North American database.

It doesn't show in that photograph, but a (very) keen-eyed kilt-savvy observer can see where, in the pleats I added on the extra yardage that you sent. Still and all, it's my go-to Clan kilt for any...

I, too would love to see this! It was given as a gift? Might I ask how this came about?

...at the Mother Lode Highland Games here in California. That's me, on the left (not in the Wildcat Tartan)>>...

I hope you have a wonderful day... all the best!

apropos of nothing....I made that Caber. Well, Mother Nature made the tree, but I cut it down, divided it into two parts and turned the bottom, big end into that caber. It's gratifying to see it...