Whenever I discover a painting, watercolour or sculpture, I am amazed by the history that comes with the artwork. Every creative endeavour is steeped with the artist’s experience and personal… Read more Katherine Jane Ellice: The 1838 Adventure →
“Twelve Highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.” Scottish Proverb I always imagined that the bagpipes were invented deep within the misty highlands of Scotland, a gift of the Celtic… Read more Walking With History →
Today is St. Andrew’s Day! Scotland is celebrating their patron saint. The bagpipers will be out in force, along with the haggis and tartans. And not only in Scotland. … Read more Happy St. Andrews Day! →
I have been in the Scottish Highlands for the past few weeks following the call of the bagpipes. Bagpipes and the Highlands appeal to our longing for open spaces where the abundance of purple heather grows generously in the moorland, glens and hills. Above it all, the lone bagpiper can be heard from far away reminding us of a time long ago. Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote, “The mark of a Scot of all classes [is that] he … remembers and cherishes the memory of his forebears, good or bad;… Read more Following the Bagpipes… →
