Outlandish Observations: A tragic story

Notable Dates This Month

September 3, 1705 - Jonathan Wolverton Randall is born (OUTLANDER)

September, 1744 - Claire and Jamie return from Paris to Lallybroch , bringing Fergus with them (DRAGONFLY)

September 20, 1745 - Jamie captures the 16-year-old Lord John, breaking his arm, but declines to shoot him (DRAGONFLY)

September 21, 1745 - The Battle of Prestonpans (DRAGONFLY)

September, 1756 - Jamie arrives at Helwater to serve as a groom on the Dunsany estate (VOYAGER)

September, 1757 - Lord John arrives in Germany to serve with Von Namtzen's regiment (HAND OF DEVILS)

September, 1758 - Lord John returns to London following the cannon explosion (BOTB)

September 13, 1759 - Lord John fights at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec (Custom of the Army)

September, 1764 - Jamie is officially pardoned by the Crown and returns home to Lallybroch (VOYAGER)

September 2, 1769 - Brianna and Roger are handfast ; Jemmy is conceived (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September 4, 1769 - Bree is raped by Stephen Bonnet (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September, 1769 - Brianna and Jamie meet for the first time (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September 16, 1771 - Jenny writes to Jamie to forgive him for what happened to Young Ian (FIERY CROSS)

Late September, 1774 - Claire nearly dies from a mysterious illness (ABOSAA)

September, 1776 - William encounters Nathan Hale, and witnesses his execution (ECHO)

September 19, 1777 - Jamie is wounded at Saratoga; Claire amputates his finger (ECHO)

September, 1777 - Jamie encounters his cousin Hamish at Saratoga; Claire meets Benedict Arnold (ECHO)

September 18, 1778 - Henri-Christian dies; Fergus's printshop burns down (MOHB)

September, 1968 - At the hospital in Boston, Claire meets with Joe Abernathy and examines the skeleton of a murdered woman (VOYAGER)

September, 1970 - Roger discovers the newspaper clipping about the fire (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)

September, 1980 - Bree and Roger open Jemmy's box and read the first letter from Jamie and Claire (ECHO)

Monday, June 6, 2011

A tragic story

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.

3 comments:

Cari said...: A very, very sad story. Poor Babs. :-(; June 6, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Julie at Outlandish Dreaming said...: This is so terribly sad, my heart goes to her.; June 7, 2011 at 9:14 AM
Shannon said...: How awful...and so sudden. Sending up prayers for her and her family. It never gets easier...just different.; June 26, 2011 at 9:29 PM