scott does scotland: travel adventures

This week I thought I’d focus on friendships – the title of the post is taken from a campfire song we often sing at Girl Guide camps: “Make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other gold. A circle is round, it has no end, that’s how long I want to be your friend. You have a hand, I have another, put them together and we have each other.” It’s pretty simplistic, but kind of sums up the thoughts I’ve been having lately. The last week or so has…read more

This is my first Thanksgiving spent without my family and without my mom’s homemade tofurkey, so I thought I’d take a minute to reflect. I set myself the challenge this year of making an entire Thanksgiving meal pretty much single-handedly, tofurkey and all. It’s also worth noting that Thanksgiving marks one month since I moved to Edinburgh, so this lovely Canadian holiday comes at a particularly convenient time. This is my 21st Thanksgiving, so here are 21 things I am thankful for (in no particular order): As a preceding note, sorry…read more