Outlandish Observations

I'm celebrating a few blogging milestones today: The Outlandish Observations page on Facebook gained its 500th follower today! (Thank you, whoeve

I saw this on Pinterest today and it made me laugh out loud. I just can't resist sharing it! Click on the picture to see a bigger view.

Some of you may remember that Diana Gabaldon did a series of podcasts a few years ago. There are 24 podcasts in all, recorded from 2006-2008. I though

What did you think of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER? I'd like to know what you think about Diana Gabaldon's latest book. If you haven't yet done

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) Here's a video about whisky-making . Thanks to Carol at My Outland

Someone on Compuserve was asking today if there are any recordings available of the Gaelic bits from the OUTLANDER books.  It occurred to me that man

Diana Gabaldon is heading off to Lithuania for the Vilnius Book Fair (February 23-26), followed by a few days in London with her husband, Doug. Don&

One of the things I love about Diana Gabaldon's writing is the way she can take a perfectly ordinary object, something you've seen a thousand

Are you confused by all the various shorter pieces (short stories and novellas) that Diana Gabaldon has been writing in recent years? Wondering where

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts.  I hope you enjoy them! 1) Here's what a bodhran sounds like when played by an expert. Thanks very muc

So I was watching Season 2 of "Downton Abbey" on PBS last week, and it occurred to me that there are some interesting parallels in several o

Some good news today from Scottish folk singer Alex Beaton: he's finally home, after seven long months in various hospitals and rehab centers, rec

Check out this wonderful OUTLANDER quilt, by Susan Leidy, aka "Sooz". Isn't it beautiful??  The attention to detail is just amazing. She

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts. I hope you enjoy them! I'm having a lot of fun picking out my favorite bits of OUTLANDER trivia to sha

There continues to be a lot of speculation and rumors flying around Facebook and various fan-sites to the effect that WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART'S BL

I know it's a little early for Valentine's Day, but I thought some of you might appreciate something else to talk about besides the Endless Mo

Thanks very much to all of you who've started following me on Pinterest or viewing my pinboards.  I'm having fun with Pinterest so far. You ca

I was just DELIGHTED by the positive response to my first Friday Fun Facts post last week! I'm going to make this a regular weekly feature on my

Check out Diana Gabaldon's latest blog post, The State of the Wicket -- February 2012 . This is a very interesting and informative piece, explainin

I signed up for Pinterest last week, and am gradually figuring out how to use it.  I plan to put most of the pictures from this blog on Pinterest over

Here are the results of the January poll. Do you read excerpts from Diana Gabaldon's upcoming books? 59.2% - Absolutely! I will gladly devour any