Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to all of you! And Happy Hogmanay to those of you who celebrate it! I had never heard of Hogmanay before I read Diana Gabaldon's... Read more
Top 10 OUTLANDER moments of 2010
As 2010 draws to a close, this seems an appropriate time to look back at what turned out to be a very eventful year for OUTLANDER fans, and also for m... Read more
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A little Christmas music
The Pipes of Christmas (thanks to Diane Mahaley Brooke on Facebook for the link!) Enya (and chorale) performing Silent Night in Gaelic (here are th... Read more
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REPOST: Christmas quotes
I posted this collection of Christmas-themed quotes from Diana Gabaldon's books last year. It got a very positive response back then, so it seems... Read more
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Books that are hard to re-read
I finished my latest "re-listen" of the OUTLANDER books at the end of November, and decided to listen to some of the Lord John stories again... Read more
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Interesting interview with Diana
Remember the scene in VOYAGER where Jamie and Claire are eating rolls stuffed with "pigeon minced wi' truffles"? (Chapter 28, "Virt... Read more
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A present from Diana!
I got a Chanukah giftie from Diana Gabaldon in the mail yesterday! It's a delicious-looking assortment of dates, nuts, and chocolate-covered trea... Read more
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Diana on OUTLANDER, Jamie, and Wentworth
Check out Diana Gabaldon's latest blog post , which is a VERY interesting analysis of the structure of OUTLANDER, and why it was necessary to put J... Read more
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Notable Dates This Month
March, 1743 - Jonathan Randall returns to Scotland (OUTLANDER)
March, 1744 - Claire and Jamie meet Master Raymond and Louis XV (DRAGONFLY)
March, 1746 - Margaret Campbell leaves her home in search of her lover, Ewan Cameron (VOYAGER)
March, 1755 - Jamie escapes from Ardsmuir prison, is captured a few days later, and gives Lord John the sapphire he retrieved from the silkies' isle (VOYAGER)
March, 1758 - Lord John reveals to his brother Hal that their father was murdered (BOTB)
March 5, 1770 - The Boston Massacre, after which Bobby Higgins is branded for manslaughter (ABOSAA)
March, 1770 - Brianna blackmails Lord John into announcing their engagement (DRUMS)
March, 1771 - Jocasta Cameron and Duncan Innes are married (FIERY CROSS)
Late March, 1772 - Jamie, Claire, Roger, Bree, Marsali, and the children travel to Wilmington (FIERY CROSS)
March, 1773 - The Dutch people are found dead in their cabin (ABOSAA)
March, 1774 - Major MacDonald falls into Brianna's kiln pit while being chased by the White Sow (ABOSAA)
March 6, 1775 - Lord John contacts Jamie to beg him to reconsider his association with the rebels; Jamie refuses, and reluctantly breaks off their correspondence (ABOSAA)
March, 1777 - Lizzie Beardsley gives birth to a baby girl; Jamie and Claire depart Fraser's Ridge. (ECHO)
March 28, 1777 - Lord John and Dottie set sail for the Colonies. (ECHO)
March 10, 1778 - Ian the elder dies of consumption. (ECHO)
March, 1779 - The MacKenzies leave Edinburgh, en route to America (BEES)
March 30, 1780 - Jamie writes a letter ordering the Loyalist tenants who attacked him to leave Fraser's Ridge (BEES)
March, 1971 - Roger, at Oxford, exchanges letters with Brianna in Boston. (DRUMS)
