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Our Top 15 Most Popular Posts!

Mairiuna, before the New Year ramps up, why not investigate about our most popular posts to see what are our readers’ favourite subjects?

Let’s see what the stats reveal. Suspense….

And the winners are :

Rannoch Moor ©2006 Scotiana

1. Rannoch Moor: First Steps Into The Scottish Wilderness

People seemed to be […]

January 10th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Edmund J Sullivan, Illustrator of Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus

Edmund Sullivan – Illustrator (1869-1933) Source: bpib.com

Hi Mairiuna! I just can’t wait to start creating the audios for the Rob Roy novel but before I get to that, I thought I would write this post in which I will introduce you to Edmund J Sullivan, the man behind the beautiful illustrations contained […]

December 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: lllustrators | Leave a comment

Thomas Carlyle, a Remarkable Scottish Writer and Author of Sartor Resartus

Mairiuna, I finally found the picture of Thomas Carlyle’s statue that we took while crossing the little village of Ecclefechan, in the southern region of Dumfries & Galloway, close to the English border. 🙂

Thomas Carlyle Statue – Ecclefechan – Scotland (Photo © Scotiana 2006)

The artist, Joseph Edgar Boehm, has depicted the […]

December 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Authors | 2 comments

Great Scottish Books at 2009 St John The Evangelist Book Sale

St John Evangelist "Red Roof" Church Source: redroofmontreal – Flickr

You know, Mairiuna, how much I love going out to book sale events and I am very happy to let you know that my most recent outing to research Scottish author’s books was a rewarding one.

Maybe not as much in quantity as […]

November 19th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

In Flanders Fields … on the site of Eilean Donan Castle

November 11-1918 at 11:00 am, a day to remember…

50th Ann Death John MacCrae issued by Canada Post – October 15, 1968

John McCrae, a canadian physician, grandson of Scottish immigrants, appointed as a field surgeon in the Canadian Artillery during WWI is the author behind the most memorable war poem of […]

November 11th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: History | Leave a comment