I have been trying to get out for mini-adventures a bit more often and am pleased to say that I managed two of them this…
I’m in Glasgow for a much-needed writing retreat (and a bit of cat-sitting). And one of the things that help to keep me going on…
I have a personal outlook on life – a law if you will – that says I will have as many adventures as possible. It…
Life has been pretty thesis-centric these days and it’s been causing me a great amount of stress. Part of that stress is because I have felt a…
This past weekend was my birthday weekend, so I enjoyed a wee road trip to the Scottish Borders to explore in and around Kelso. It was a great…
I’ve been away in Glasgow house and cat sitting for the past week. And as the ruined Crookston Castle is only a mile away, I decided it…
I spent a day in Dunfermline over the weekend and am now wondering what took me so long to make the journey*. After all, it’s only a…
I am off on my travels again. This time, I am heading to Denmark for the 2016 Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Annual meeting in…
I spent today doing vital ankle rehabilitation work, in the form of walking to and from Castle Campbell in the hills above Dollar. It was a much-needed outing…
I’ve been staying at Serenity Lodge since last week where I am house- and pet-sitting for a while. I am using the time to catch up…
I spent last week in Zadar, Croatia, for an academic conference. But the timing of flights meant that I had a free day to explore the…
Travelling to new places is quite exciting; you get to see new places through the warped lenses of tourism. So when I travelled to Zadar, Croatia,…
I love Zadar! I really do. I arrived here last Sunday for an academic conference and I will be travelling home tomorrow. But in this one week, I fell in…
Bright and early tomorrow morning, long before the sun rises, my alarm clock will gently bring me out of Dream World. I will stumble out…
I received my new American passport yesterday. But despite this being my third passport, it will also mark several passport firsts in my life. But…
A couple of weeks ago, I visited The Kelpies with my friend Caroline, and we decided that we’d try to get together for some more summer…
I’m house-sitting in Falkirk for a couple of weeks, so when a friend asked if I wanted to enjoy a day out, it seemed that…
I was invited to speak at a conference in Devon this past week, so decided to take the opportunity for a bit of sightseeing along…
I’ve spent the last two days at the 5th annual Discover Academic Research, Training, and Support (DARTS) conference in Devon, England, where I was invited to speak about my…
This past weekend was the Edinburgh Marathon Festival. But I decided not to run the half marathon because I didn’t have enough time to recover after…