Category: Blog & Updates

February Explorations in the Highlands

A romantic weekend road trip to celebrate my 27th birthday in Fort William & Oban. I’m halfway through this semester and being the anxious person I am, all I wanted for my birthday was to get out of the city. I found a really good deal at Onich Hotel in Fort William, so my husband

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Life Lately: Winter in Scotland

This blog has fallen to the wayside lately because of full-time school, work and book writing. (Apologies.) So, I will try to round up everything that has happened since my last Life Lately and distill it into something readable… 😉 I wasn’t prepared to be plunged into the darkness of Scotland, even though I knew it

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Magnesium Baths for Anxiety & Wellbeing

Magnesium baths and/or epsom salt baths have been all the rage of late and I wanted to see what all the hype was about. So, I decided to experiment with magnesium chloride flake foot-baths for one week. I really wasn’t expecting much. But I have terrible anxiety and I’ll pretty much try anything. One week

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Vegan Adventures: Ireland in November

I will never spend enough time in Ireland. Not even if I move there. I don’t think I’ve ever been to a place that I have been so taken with before. Scotland is beautiful, but Ireland has my soul. This past week, my husband and I spent five days in this magical country for a

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Adventures in North Berwick

Just a half-hour train ride from Edinburgh lies a wee seaside village. From walking along the beaches to search for sea glass to hiking The Law or the John Muir Way to shopping at the unique boutique shops, there is something for everyone. Surprisingly, the vegan foodie scene is alive and well there, too. I

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