Outlandish Observations

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of Outlandish Observations, which is coming up at the end of August, I'm pleased to announce the <b> 2nd Annual

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) The photo above was taken at Cape Wrath , the most north-westerly point

Here's a fascinating post from Diana Gabaldon on Compuserve, about the very complex relationship between Jamie and Dougal.  Written as an answer t

Diana Gabaldon mentioned on Twitter that her elder daughter, Laura, will be getting married on Saturday! Her daughter lives in Oregon, and I believe

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) Diana Gabaldon has said that the Devil's Tramping Ground in rural

My friend Kristin has started a new website called Heughan's Heughligans , to collect information and interesting links about Sam Heughan , the 33-

Diana Gabaldon mentioned the other day on Compuserve that the producers of the OUTLANDER TV series have asked her to do a cameo appearance: The produce

I had a wonderful time at the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, NC, with my parents on Friday. It was fun, but exhausting. We were ve

No Friday Fun Facts this week. I'm off to the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in western North Carolina, near where Fraser's Ridge is supp

It's official!! Here's the press release announcing the choice of 33-year-old Scottish actor Sam Heughan to play Jamie Fraser in the upcoming

I'm getting a new roof put on my house Tuesday and Wednesday. Wish me luck! No, it's not going to look anything like this! <g> The phot

Meet Sam Heughan (pronounced "Hew-en"). He's Scottish, 33 years old, 6'3" tall -- and he's just been cast as Jamie Fraser

Here are this week's Friday Fun Facts about Diana Gabaldon's books. 1) This is what a quern looks like. A quern is a device made of a pair o

I've reposted this a couple of times before, but I wanted to share it again. Wishing all of you in the U.S. a very happy Fourth of July! --------

Here are the results of the June poll: Do you read excerpts or #DailyLines from Diana Gabaldon's upcoming books? 56.30% - Absolutely! I will glad