Busy June
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Happy July!
And that's another busy month come and gone in the wink of an eye. Nothing for 't but to embrace it, try to remain in the moment, and enjoy the ride.
We've had two visits from family - Debi's niece Brittany and her husband, Brad came for a fun-packed, all-too-short visit at the end of May, and Debi's sister, Michelle who just left this morning after a whirlwind tour, including a 3-day trip through Glen Coe, Fort William, Skye, and Loch Ness. It was great spending time with them and showing off our adopted home. Scotland has been particularly sunny of late, which was great, as dear Scotia is so often painted in grey, dreary colours, especially back in the States. It's a long journey to here from Portland, so I'm glad the weather was great for both their visits.
We toured Fife, Stirling, and Pitlochry, where we visited the Edradour distillery. It was great to tour this small distillery that produces very small batches (they apparently make in a year what most distilleries produce in a week).
We also went to see several bands at Voodoo Rooms, which was great fun. Michelle, Debi and I also went to see the Fleet Foxes last week, which was amazing. The Bees (a.k.a. "Band of Bees" in the States) opened for them, and have become a new favourite of mine.
I set off for my social anthropology fieldwork project in the middle of Brittany and Brad's visit, traveling overnight to the Isle of Harris via Glasgow and Uig, Skye.
I've wanted to go for a while, and have been reading all I could by Anthropologists, Historians, and locals but nothing could've prepared me for what I found there, and I'm still trying to process it all.
I had some amazing encounters with people there (and one with a white-tailed eagle with a 7' wingspan, egads)!
It was a wonderful experience. It was also my first time "wild camping" in many, many moons.
If I could do it all again, I would've taken a double-walled tent, more woolens, and moisture-wicking clothes. Oh, and waterproof trousers. Yeah.
Earlier in the month, she was contacted by execs at Ness, a small Scottish clothing company whose products she's loved since our arrival in Scotland. Apparently, as she's sewn many outfits around their accessories and linked to their site on her blog, she's sent quite a bit of traffic their way. Now, normally, a company would take the business and that'd be it. But they wanted to make her an affiliate, and reward her for promoting their line. We went to visit them at their Stockbridge offices, where they outlined the relationship they wanted to form with Debi, and gave her some great items from their current line.
We had a wonderful time there, and it's great to see a local company staffed by lovely, down-to-Earth people doing so well. Debi lists some of her reasons for loving the company on her blog here.
July looks to be equally busy, with a conference in Lisbon, a move across town to new digs, and the writing-up of my fieldwork all in the mix, joined (I'm certain) by other projects and happenings as the month unfolds. Wish us luck!
More soon,
David & Debi
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
Happy July!
And that's another busy month come and gone in the wink of an eye. Nothing for 't but to embrace it, try to remain in the moment, and enjoy the ride.
We've had two visits from family - Debi's niece Brittany and her husband, Brad came for a fun-packed, all-too-short visit at the end of May, and Debi's sister, Michelle who just left this morning after a whirlwind tour, including a 3-day trip through Glen Coe, Fort William, Skye, and Loch Ness. It was great spending time with them and showing off our adopted home. Scotland has been particularly sunny of late, which was great, as dear Scotia is so often painted in grey, dreary colours, especially back in the States. It's a long journey to here from Portland, so I'm glad the weather was great for both their visits.
We toured Fife, Stirling, and Pitlochry, where we visited the Edradour distillery. It was great to tour this small distillery that produces very small batches (they apparently make in a year what most distilleries produce in a week).
We also went to see several bands at Voodoo Rooms, which was great fun. Michelle, Debi and I also went to see the Fleet Foxes last week, which was amazing. The Bees (a.k.a. "Band of Bees" in the States) opened for them, and have become a new favourite of mine.
I set off for my social anthropology fieldwork project in the middle of Brittany and Brad's visit, traveling overnight to the Isle of Harris via Glasgow and Uig, Skye.
It was a wonderful experience. It was also my first time "wild camping" in many, many moons.
In other news, Debi's been sewing and blogging up a storm.
We had a wonderful time there, and it's great to see a local company staffed by lovely, down-to-Earth people doing so well. Debi lists some of her reasons for loving the company on her blog here.
July looks to be equally busy, with a conference in Lisbon, a move across town to new digs, and the writing-up of my fieldwork all in the mix, joined (I'm certain) by other projects and happenings as the month unfolds. Wish us luck!
More soon,
David & Debi
Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.
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