Category Archives: Rambles

Bits and pieces provoked by moving through space, history, and the calendar.

An Embarrassment of Marmalades

Posted on 14 October 2012 by Isabel Gibson

One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. It’s Elizabeth Barrett Browning meets Count von Count from Sesame Street: How do I love thee, Scotland? Let me count the ways. One, two, three: three kinds of … Continue reading →

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Edumacation and Unedification

Posted on 10 October 2012 by Isabel Gibson

One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. It is our first full day in Scotland, and full is the operative word. We sleep late, figure out how to use the tricky switched electrical sockets, resist … Continue reading →

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Are You Serious?

Posted on 07 October 2012 by Isabel Gibson

One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Haggis. An inevitability of Scotland according to everyone we know who’s been here before us. And everyone has advice on how to relax and enjoy the inevitable. It’s … Continue reading →

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Drop. Snap. Repeat.

Posted on 03 October 2012 by Isabel Gibson

I am under no illusions: finding the airport bus at Edinburgh International Airport doesn’t rate as an impressive adventure-travel story. Continue reading →

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Travelling Since 16 Hours

Posted on 30 September 2012 by Isabel Gibson

We have been travelling since 16 hours. We don’t want to eat. We don’t want to drink. We don’t want anything. Continue reading →

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Cheap and Good; Good and Cheap

Posted on 28 September 2012 by Isabel Gibson

One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. £280. I look again. Yes, that’s what it says. £280. In the last 24 hours I have slept, oh, about 4 hours max. My first meal of this … Continue reading →

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The View From Ten Thousand Feet

Posted on 23 September 2012 by Isabel Gibson

After hours of intermittent dozing in a space so cramped you couldn’t put convicts in it without provoking human rights complaints, my point of view is a tad jaundiced. All I want is to be once again in a place where throwing garbage on the floor is socially unacceptable. Continue reading →

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Love Never Fails

Posted on 12 February 2012 by Isabel Gibson

The over-abundance of tacky Valentine’s Day gifts leads to musings about the true nature of love. Continue reading →

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Try It – You’ll Like It

Posted on 05 January 2012 by Isabel Gibson

  Trying new foods? Forget that! How about trying some old foods again, for the first time? Being the 12th and last of a miscellany of short posts to mark the 12 days of Christmas.   In late November, just … Continue reading →

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