For years, our Walker family history rested on scattered records, family stories, and a handful of names passed down through generations. But as anyone who has chased their ancestry knows, paper trails fade, records disappear, and sometimes the truth hides just beyond reach. That’s where...
The History of Hogmanay in Scotland From the end of the 17th century to the 1950’s Christmas was not really celebrated as a festival in Scotland, regarded as a Catholic celebration and banned by the Protestant Kirk for this reason. As a result in Scotland most people worked over...
Internal monologue The only problem with solitude, once you taste its unmatched peace, you crave it endlessly. It’s like solitude spoils you for everything else and you find yourself yearning to be alone again. Being alone never felt right, sometimes if felt good, but it never felt...
When I sit down to a proper Scottish breakfast, it feels like the world finally makes sense. The moment that plate hits the table — the sizzle of the bacon, the earthy smell of the tattie scones, the black pudding with its deep, savoury warmth — I can feel my whole body waking up. There’s...
A Dad and 2 Texas A&M Aggies… There are two types of family holidays: the peaceful, serene kind you see in glossy brochures, and the real kind — the ones where someone is always hungry, someone else is always cold, and everyone is pretending they know where they’re going. Our...
Picturesque Dean Village Yesterday felt like one of those rare December days in Scotland when the whole world seemed washed in soft watercolor light. The air was cool, the sky muted, and everything carried that quiet winter magic that makes you slow down without even realizing it. It was...
When cleaning out boxes from the building behind the cottage, discovered this old photo in a box on a shelf. And since its discovery, I have been trying to learn who the three men are in the photo. Over in the distance is Burnside Cottage is looking spick and span, a big washing of what...
Storm Bram brings flooding and travel disruption to UK Trains, flights and ferries have been cancelled and thousands left without power as Storm Bram brought heavy rain, strong winds and unseasonably mild temperatures to large parts of the UK. Amber warnings for wind, which mean a...