Now and then I have a wander through my old blog when the world news feels overwhelming and I need a distracting look down memory lane. So it was that the other day I...
Author: Deb Segelitz
The day started out sunny. We were headed down to our former wee village to visit our friend Al, and since we hadn’t been there for a while my husband and I were looking...
I’ve just had a dinner that’s about as Scottish as it gets: haggis, neeps and tatties – translation: haggis, turnip and potatoes. Unfortunately, I ate alone, since my husband was stricken by one of...
Note: This article was originally written in 2015 for Home Dialysis Central. While my husband is no longer on peritoneal dialysis, much of what I wrote at the time still applies in our ‘dialysis life’....
Hints of spring are popping up around the Highlands after a long, wet, snowy winter. To see more sunshine up in the northern latitudes as the earth does her springtime thing definitely lifts the...
My husband and I have now lived in the even-farther north of Scotland for just over a year. Hard to believe! In some ways it seems longer, and in others I feel hardly settled...
Those of you who are on Facebook may have noticed a section they have called “On This Day” which shows you what you posted on that date each year since you joined Facebook. I...
We’ve had our first snowfall, on the heels of sleet showers and icy rain. Winter has arrived in the Highlands after the wettest autumn most folks can remember. There is, as ever, a feeling...
My luck, when it comes to touristy things, is not all that great. Years ago when I went to visit a friend in Arizona we decided to go to the Grand Canyon, since I...
I had a pity party a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t invite anyone because ugh, pity parties are the worst, right? But while I do tend to be a bit of a cloudy...
