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Inner Hebrides
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Inner Hebrides
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Monday, July 24, 2017
Hospitality on Skye
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As noted in the last two blog posts, Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell often found poor food and accommodations on their travels arou...
Monday, July 17, 2017
Over the Sea to Skye
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Donald, Roland, and I shared another experience with Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell when we spent the night at Glenelg on the w...
Monday, July 10, 2017
Dr. Samuel Johnson's Tour of the Hebrides
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In 1773 Dr. Samuel Johnson decided to take a research tour of the Highlands and the Inner Hebrides. He was accompanied by James Boswell,...
Monday, July 3, 2017
Sir Walter Scott: Friend or Foe?
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The lighthouse museum at Hynish includes a short biography of Sir Walter Scott. As a Commissioner of Northern Lights, Scott had visited ...
Monday, June 26, 2017
Robert Lewis Stevenson: Breaking with Tradition
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The photo shows the signal tower at Hynish on the Isle of Tiree. In the 1800s, it was the only way to communicate with the keepers at th...
Monday, June 19, 2017
Reading Fuels Imagination
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Roland and I just returned from a literary vacation to Scotland. Well, it wasn’t really a literary vacation, but it did have some litera...
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