Scotiana

 
Hi everybody,
Today is September 21st, the first day of the autumn season though here, in the south of France, it looks like a summer day, warm and sunny! I wonder what is the weather like in Scotland now…
Is it as beautiful as it was, 179 years ago, in that quiet and beautiful corner of the [...]

 
Hi everybody!
Hope this article finds you well and enjoying life.
We received a letter in reference with the restoration of Sir Walter Scott’s House in the Borders region of Scotland and thought it would be great to share its contents as it is a cause that is close to our heart.
Samantha Hobrough is part [...]

 
Hi everybody,
We don’t live in Edinburgh and, as the number of our visits there happen to be rather limited, our vision of this fascinating city owes much to our readings, each of them adding its little touch to the sense of place we got there and making us still more eager to [...]

Hi Mairiuna!
First, let me tell you that I absolutely fell in love with Arnold Lobel’s illustration “Books to the Ceiling” that we can see inside your post: “First Steps in Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street… Very original rendering of a house full of books!
As we are both great book lovers, no wonder this charming [...]

 
 
 
Books to the ceiling, books to the sky.
My piles of books are a mile high.
How I love them!
How I need them!
(Arnold Lobel – Whiskers & Rhyme)
 

Hi everybody!
The little corner of my library devoted to Alexander McCall Smith’s books is beginning to become crowded. As I’ve mentioned in my last post, [...]