My daughter and I have started to learn to make kilts this summer, thanks to Nikki and Amanda at The … More
Author: J Watson
Postgrad student at University of the Highlands and Islands, reenactor, knitter, dressmaker, wife, mum.
On long covid, lockdown and hope
Winter this year was a particularly horrible one. The weather was abysmal, I had a reoccurrence of what I now … More
Catching up
I realise it has been an incredibly long time since I have posted anything on my blog. Like many others, … More
The curious case of Alexander MacGibbon and the Old Statistical Account for Parish of Kilmadock or Doune (1798)
This blog post is somewhat different from stuff I usually write about. As we are all at home due to … More
Who will play the silver whistle?
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Figure 1:Gillebride as the time-travelling* Gwyllyn the Bard … More
The Act of Proscription, tartan and Gaelic culture
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. The Dress Act, part of the Act … More
The results are in!
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. ——— The results are in and I’m afraid … More
Ruthven
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. I have become a little bit obsessed … More
Old stories
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Old stories are quite wonderful things; sometimes … More
What will these threads reveal?
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Amazingly up close the darker thread is indeed … More
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