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SCOTTISH PRISONER update

In all the excitement about the announcement of a title for Book 8 , we shouldn't forget that Diana is also in the final stages of working on SCOT

9/07/2011 07:23:00 AM

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A title for Book 8!

Diana Gabaldon has announced the title for Book 8!<b> WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BLOOD</b><b> [UPDATE 9/8/2011 5:17 pm: </b> The wording of the title has changed sl

9/05/2011 06:32:00 AM

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August poll results

Here are the results of the August poll: What do you think of the Lord John books and stories? 29.82% - I enjoy them, but I prefer to read about Jamie

9/01/2011 05:44:00 AM

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NY Times article about wild pigs

I saw this in today's NY Times, and couldn't help thinking about the White Sow. Two hundred years later, her descendants are apparently thrivi

8/31/2011 08:11:00 AM

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Outlandish Observations is 3 years old!

Today is the 3rd anniversary of the launch of my blog, Outlandish Observations! In honor of the occasion, here are a few statistics about Outlandish

8/28/2011 05:12:00 AM

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Hurricane quotes

I was supposed to be flying up to New Jersey today for a big family get-together at my cousin's house over the weekend, but "due to Hurricane

8/26/2011 09:29:00 AM

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Book Review: WARRIORS 3

<b> BOOK REVIEW: WARRIORS 3</b> Here, slightly altered, is the review I just posted on Amazon.com for the new WARRIORS 3 paperback , edited by George R. R. Mar

8/21/2011 06:31:00 PM

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DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS in the UK

I found out today that the DOWN THESE STRANGE STREETS anthology , containing Diana Gabaldon's novella, "Lord John and the Plague of Zombies&q

8/19/2011 06:35:00 PM

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Notable Dates This Month

June, 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 21, 1780 - Roger is ordained as a Presbyterian minister (BEES)

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)