Inspiration Blog

I can’t think of a case where poems changed the world, but what they do is they change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the...

One of the musicians at the Derry Song Fest said that the traditional songs in Gaelic are lots of little pictures strung together with...

Pea soup fog this morning at 7:15 a.m. No need for a photo. Twenty four hours ago I took a taxi to the Inverness airport. There was the...

I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of it’s unfolding. John O’Donahue

Traveling historic Scotland is like an ode to war, where each mound, church, castle, field and waterway has layers of tales of conflict....

Two days of sun that breaks through after 11 a.m. and 20 degree heat, although it dissipates quickly in the evening. ‘Heat wave’ says the...

flying in the winds of change On this 4th of July I am reminded of the importance of how folk music has shaped my world view – a lens to...

The cuisine in Scotland is delicious. Not only have I eaten local game, seafood, produce, and baking made in traditional ways, but...

Fairy Tree Argyll From a distance this looked like a fairy tree with a door at the base. As I walked closer, the grassy forelock and...

“1812-19 thousands of people were evicted from their black houses and holdings to make way for sheep” Sutherland is located in the...

Another late sunset. This night outdoors in Erskine near Glasgow. A few midges hover around even though I am supposedly back in...

It hardly seems possible but the last woman to tend this hearth fire moved from here in the 1960’s. This ‘Black House Arnol‘ built in...

Yes, the longest day did indeed occur here in Scotland. This photo is from the Isle of Lewis called a black house, a crofter dwelling...

first quarter moon; cloudy and windy The Isle of Lewis is often referred to as the edge of the world as it represents the far western...

It isn’t advertised on a map or in tourist brochures. Our guides knew about this labyrinth constructed in recent years. Getting there...

Hillside Rock Art Bronze Age Temple Wood Stone Circle Bronze Age Fairy tree leading to burial mounds Picnic in this house at Kilmory Orb...

Hill of Dunadd This is a shot looking southeast at the Hill of Dunadd and the Glen. This area is the birthplace of Scotland. The Scotti...

My kin made these – flint ax 10,000 years ago, bronze small ax 4000 years ago This first mornng here on the Island of Iona I listened to...

A week at Cluny Hill in Forres, Scotland – one of the two Findhorn Foundation sites here in Northern Scotland. The past two days have...

Cluny Garden Spring And now a week’s stay in a unique internationally recognized spiritual community, learning centre and eco-village of...