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17 days ago
Some days it pays to meet the postman at the door. Today was one of those days! You see, a couple of weeks ago my brother mentioned to me that he was starting to get back into leather working. At that time, he was working on a black-powder possibles bag for my father that he was tooling the MacKinnon crest into. I mentioned in joking that it would be great if he could make a black Rob Roy sporran for me at some point with a Celtic raven tooled in and then didn't think anything else of it. (Brothers are like that, you know!) Today a rather large box appeared from where my brother resides and lo and behold, look what was contained there-in; This is his interpretation of a Rob Roy sporran! I have to admit, I LIKE IT. The leather is for the bag is smooth and supple and the flap is very stiff. The carving is a celtic raven with my initials stamped into it. This is going to get quite a bit of wear! The other thing in the box was this huge ...31 days ago
Our story starts with a little bit of a history lesson. There is a forum that I help moderate that had been sold. The former owner and the new owner were going to meet in Victoria BC to do a little ceremony to mark the hand off of ownership. This in turn grew to a gathering of kilted men and their families from around the world descending on Victoria to take part in this momentous occasion. As I had plenty of frequent flyer miles and vacation to burn, we decided to join this occasion. The trip journal below will take you through what we did day by day. Of course, if you really want to know what happened, you will have to ask Ruth! Thursday, 22 October (Atlanta to Seattle) Today Ruth and I finished packing and headed to the airport for an early afternoon flight. A lot has changed in air travel in the domestic US since the last time I have done it. It seems as if the airlines are starting to charge for checked bags. This took the free tickets I had and upped them to ...
40 days ago
Every October for the last 37 years you can hear the skirl of bagpipes and see the colorful parade of tartan as they descend to Stone Mountain park in Georgia and this year was no different. It is the start of the Stone Mountain Highland games and Clan gathering. In 2005, Ruth and I attended our first games and have made an annual sojourn most every year since then. This is certainly an event I look forward to. So now on to the story and the pictures. Saturday, 17 October. The guys to the left are the group that invaded the mountain with me on Saturday. I am the big smiling guy on left. Next to me is Michael Casanova who was wearing a kilt for the first time and was going to be attending his first highland games. Next in line is Sean who I met at the church and invited to come along with us. Lastly is Bruce is also wearing the kilt for the first time as well as attending his first highland games. I cannot think of a better group of guys to attend ...
68 days ago
Ladies' and gentlemen!!! Your attention please! For today only!! Splash_4 industries is introducing the 1/2 electrical failure system at a reduced cost! That’s right, you can have this wonderful device installed that will kill the electricity to 1/2 your house at one time… All with the flip of a single switch! Well tell us kind sir, how does this amazing item work? Well, sit back and let me tell you. All you have to do is flip the switch for heating and air to OFF. This will immediately kill the power to your entire second floor and refrigerator, all with one single switch. No longer do you have to climb those pesky stairs and search out each individual switch! Simple turn this amazing device to off and there you have it!!!! Ok, enough silliness. I know you are all dying to know what in the heck this is all about. So I will tell you. On Friday evening as Ruth and I were settling in for the night we realized it was getting a little toasty in the house. Upon inspection I ...
