Scotiana

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On this beautiful sunshined day, while reading away stories from Celtic Life -  25th Anniversary Special Edition which compiles the “Best of the Best” articles published in the last quarter century,  a title grabbed my fullest attention: Child Slaves From Scotland; A Story rarely told .   !!??
 
 
Written back in 2001 by Douglas MacGowan, it’s an [...]

Ken McGoogan, Harper Collins, First Edition 2010

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In reading Mairiuna’s very moving post “In Flanders Fields…Lest We Forget…“, a question came to my mind: when did John Alexander McCrae’s ancestors emigrated to Canada?
Glancing through the bookshelves of my library, looking for a reference book that could answer this question, I stumbled upon Ken McGoogan’s  book “How [...]

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Soon it will be Armistice Day marking the end of the terrible conflict in Europe
when our soldiers bled with yours.
Iain and Margaret
Hi everybody,
A WEE surprise from Iain and Margaret was waiting for us in the mailbox yesterday… a BIG wee surprise I must say ;-) and another one from Janice too! WOW! It’s so very [...]

Mairiuna, on discovering that the news release by Marshall Islands was about the commemorative stamps issued to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of King James Bible, I immediately felt it could be an interesting subject for Scotiana and I tried to know more about this famous translation of the sacred book and its royal Scottish translator [...]

Hi Mairiuna!  Hi Jean-Claude! 
I sincerely hope the weather is fine while you are roaming the roads during this festive season to visit family members and relatives in different parts of your lovely French country.
Upon your return, you will have added more than 2,000 kilometers to your car’s km counter and that is quite some mileage!
Let us take together a [...]