Outlandish Observations: Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

Notable Dates This Month

March, 1743 - Jonathan Randall returns to Scotland (OUTLANDER)

March, 1744 - Claire and Jamie meet Master Raymond and Louis XV (DRAGONFLY)

March, 1746 - Margaret Campbell leaves her home in search of her lover, Ewan Cameron (VOYAGER)

March, 1755 Jamie escapes from Ardsmuir prison, is captured a few days later, and gives Lord John the sapphire he retrieved from the silkies' isle (VOYAGER)

March, 1758 - Lord John reveals to his brother Hal that their father was murdered (BOTB)

March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre, after which Bobby Higgins is branded for manslaughter (ABOSAA)

March, 1770 - Brianna blackmails Lord John into announcing their engagement (DRUMS)

March, 1771 - Jocasta Cameron and Duncan Innes are married (FIERY CROSS)

Late March, 1772 - Jamie, Claire, Roger, Bree, Marsali, and the children travel to Wilmington (FIERY CROSS)

March 1773 - The Dutch people are found dead in their cabin (ABOSAA)

March 1774 - Major MacDonald falls into Brianna's kiln pit while being chased by the White Sow (ABOSAA)

March 6, 1775 - Lord John contacts Jamie to beg him to reconsider his association with the rebels; Jamie refuses, and reluctantly breaks off their correspondence (ABOSAA)

March, 1777 - Lizzie Beardsley gives birth to a baby girl; Jamie and Claire depart Fraser's Ridge. (ECHO)

March 28, 1777 - Lord John and Dottie set sail for the Colonies. (ECHO)

March 10, 1778 - Ian the elder dies of consumption. (ECHO)

March, 1971 - Roger, at Oxford, exchanges letters with Brianna in Boston. (DRUMS)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Why aren't all men like Jamie Fraser?

I just saw this and had to pass it on. Enjoy!

Why aren't men like Jamie Fraser?

10 comments:

Carolyn Crane said...: Karen, thanks for the shout out! And as an Outlander fan, I can't believe I didn't know about your blog. What a ton of fun! And how great that you got to meet Diana herself. Love the pictures.; September 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Carolyn - nice to see you here! Take the time to look around, there's a LOT of information here.

I'm glad you liked the pictures. :-)

Karen; September 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM
VanillaSeven said...: Who is Jamie Fraser?; September 13, 2010 at 5:54 AM
Karen Henry said...: Vanilla:

He's the hero of Diana Gabaldon's OUTLANDER series. 6'4", red hair, amazingly good-looking, great in bed <cough>, basically, irresistible to Diana's female readers (and there are a LOT of them!)

There's a graphic novel coming out on Sept. 21 called THE EXILE, in which Jamie has a major role. Check out Diana Gabaldon's blog for pictures.

Karen
Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:00 AM
Karen Henry said...: Oh, and how could I forget....he's an 18th century Scottish Highlander, so he wears a kilt. <g>

Karen; September 13, 2010 at 7:01 AM
Deniz Bevan said...: Ha ha! Thanks for pointing us to that Karen! Still trying to think of interesting stuff for my Jamie "essay"...
By the way, award coming at you on Thursday :-); September 13, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Shelly-Lynn said...: I found your blog a few weeks ago and have so enjoyed it! I only recently (this year) found the Outlander series. Now I have read them all and don't know what to do with myself. :)

One of my friends linked this story on Facebook and I couldn't help but think that this man is a modern day Jamie Fraser, sacrificing his life for his wife and unborn child. (http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39146785/ns/today-today_people); September 14, 2010 at 10:12 AM
Susan said...: Thanks for passing this on to us. I love your blog; you find and pass on to us so many interesting, educational, and funny things!

Susan (susantjbh at Compuserve); September 14, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Karen Henry said...: Shelly-Lynn:

I heard about that story a couple of days ago, but didn't make that connection. Wow! You are entirely right.

So glad you've been enjoying my blog!

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Karen Henry said...: Susan:

Welcome! It's good to see you over here. :-) Glad you've been enjoying my blog.

Karen; September 14, 2010 at 1:18 PM