Outlandish Observations: A tragic story

Notable Dates This Month

June 14, 1729 - Lord John Grey is born (BOTB)

June, 1743 - Jamie and Claire are married (OUTLANDER)

June, 1757 - Lord John and Tom Byrd meet for the first time (LORD JOHN AND THE PRIVATE MATTER)

June 23, 1758 - Lord John is wounded in the Battle of Crefeld in a cannon explosion (LORD JOHN AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BLADE)

June, 1767 - Jamie gives Claire the medicine box as a 24th anniversary present (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1767 - Stephen Bonnet robs Jamie and Claire, taking Claire's gold wedding ring (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1767 - Claire, Jamie and Ian arrive at River Run for the first time and meet Jocasta Cameron (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1769 - Bree visits Lallybroch and meets her new relatives (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June, 1770 - Roger returns

from the Indians to claim Jemmy as his son (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June 21, 1775 - Claire is taken to trial for the murder of Malva Christie (ABOSAA)

June 2, 1777 - Claire and Jamie arrive at Ticonderoga (ECHO)

June 21-23, 1777 - William gets lost in the Great Dismal and encounters Young Ian (ECHO)

Late June, 1777 - Ian visits Emily and meets Swiftest of Lizards (ECHO)

June 28, 1778 - Claire is shot during the Battle of Monmouth (MOHB)

Early June, 1779 - Rachel gives birth to a baby boy; the MacKenzies return to Fraser's Ridge (MOHB)

June, 1969 - Roger visits Bree in Boston (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

June 20, 1971 - Roger goes back to the 18th century to find Brianna (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

A very sad story on Compuserve this evening. Whether you are an OUTLANDER fan who's traveled to Scotland, or only dreamed about it, this story will break your heart.

After hearing this, I'm in no mood at all for Palin jokes, or Weinergate, or any of the other nonsense that passes for "news" these days. Even thinking about Jamie and Claire makes me feel slightly sick at the moment. My thoughts and prayers go out to Babs and her family! I don't know her personally, but she's an OUTLANDER fan who's just suffered a horrible tragedy. Just heartbreaking.

Please keep her and her family in your prayers.