Pregnancy Vlog Part II: We're Half Way There!
Since posting the 12 week Vlog back in June, a lot of people asked me to carry it on. So I have. If nothing else, I'm going to enjoy...
A Vlog: These 12 Weeks
Blogging is supposed to be a way of telling your story, the way you want it told. So here is a big, new part of my story, the way I...
The Young Faces of the Outer Hebrides
It's the Year of Young People 2018 (YOYP). So, I'm celebrating some of our young islanders, I'm challenging the perception soci
What Happened in Kolkata?
You need to know about Colin Mackenzie and the Yatra project, all Leodhasachs do. We should all be talking about it. The Colin Mackenzie...
A Stornoway Christmas 'Outrage'?
It's hard to surpass the warmth and atmosphere that a Christmas fair/market can bring to the season. Stepping into that familiar world of...
WHAT IS IT ABOUT BEING A LEODHASACH?
(A Leodhasach - a person from Lewis) This place (and this post) is not for notion-twisted idealists determined to move to a 'remote...
A HOLY HOGMANAY?
It's coming. Hogmanay lands on a Sunday this time around and it can't be helped, which means we have four months to prepare for the...
IS IT REALLY JUST A VIOLIN, BUT BIGGER?
'Yes. It's basically a violin, but bigger.' I've uttered that sentence repeatedly now and it's not altogether true. Sorry. I mean, it is...
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE DEPOPULATION?
Our ageing population was a problem in 2009 and is still a problem now. It's the 'Maria' of island conundrums - how do you solve a...
