We went for an early morning walk before our drive from Inverness to the Isle of Skye, passing the Urquhart and Eilean Donan Castles. (To read more about our early morning walk, go here.) Isle of Skye was one of THE stops we had planned for the trip. We had even planned to return to …
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Feeling stressed and need a stress-free sanctuary? Not surprising since according to a 2020 survey, 78% of us are stressed out from Covid..and all its by-products. I’d like to offer you today five ways to create a stress-free sanctuary. And by sanctuary, I mean your bedroom. But first, a look at the impact long-term stress …
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Historically, March is the month we celebrate St. Patrick. Okay, in the States, March is the month we celebrate getting drunk on the 17th and eating boiled cabbage. Fun fact: While Corned Beef and Cabbage may be an Irish-American dish, it is not a native Irish dish. But if you’ve wondered what Norman castles …
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On our second day in Scotland, we saw the (now) popular Clava Cairns, a Bronze Age feature of stone circles. The stone circles have been made very popular by the Outlander TV series as the circles are apparently the inspiration for Craigh Na Dun. In the series, Craigh Na Dun is how the heroine …
Back in 2019, a bunch of friends invited me to join them in Corolla, North Carolina for an Outer Banks vacation. (Of course, I said yes.) Here’s a brief overview of what attractions I saw while down in Outer Banks (or OBX). Getting to the Outer Banks Some of my friends drove down to the …
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