Outlandish Observations

My trip to Scotland, Part 6

Day 6 (Thursday, July 5) Woke up with a bad cold.Fortunately, I was prepared, having brought a variety of cold and sinus medicines with me. I took a

7/14/2012 09:16:00 AM

Day 5 (Wednesday, July 4) At breakfast in the Culloden House Hotel, lots of talk about ghosts haunting the place. Judy told us Room 5 is haunted (tha

7/13/2012 07:28:00 AM

I just found out that the audiobook version of Diana Gabaldon's "The Custom of the Army", read by Jeff Woodman, is now available on Audi

7/12/2012 04:25:00 PM

Before I start my overview of Day 4 of our Scotland trip, I wanted to mention something that I didn't have time to talk about yesterday. When we m

7/12/2012 06:28:00 AM

Day 3 (Monday, July 2) This is going to be a fairly lengthy blog post. Lots to talk about! It was one of the best days on the whole tour. (Click on

7/11/2012 06:48:00 AM

Mid-January 1744 - Jamie comes to Claire at the Abbey; Faith is conceived (OUTLANDER)

January 3, 1745 - Hal and Minnie are married in Amsterdam (A FUGITIVE GREEN)

January, 1758 - William is born (VOYAGER)

January, 1758 - Lord John and Percy meet for the first time (BOTB)

January 1, 1765 - Jamie and Laoghaire dance at Hogmanay celebration (VOYAGER)

January, 1770 - Jamie, Claire, and Ian leave River Run to search for Roger (DRUMS)

January 1, 1771 - Hogmanay celebration; the Beardsley twins arrive on the Ridge (FIERY CROSS)

January 21, 1776 - The house on Fraser's Ridge fails to burn down as predicted (ABOSAA)

January 1, 1777 - Ian accidentally kills Mrs. Bug (ECHO)

Late January, 1777 - Tom Christie is told of the fire on Fraser's Ridge (ECHO)

January, 1778 - General Simon Fraser is buried in Corrimony, Scotland (ECHO)

January, 1966 - Frank Randall dies in a car accident (VOYAGER)