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…
Bonjour, Bordeaux! Or rather, au revoir, as I’m already back home in Scotland after enjoying a mini-holiday to France these past few days! In fact, this…
I arrived in North Berwick yesterday for my birthday weekend, with a plan to conquer The Law as part of my visit. And since yesterday was spent exploring Tantallon Castle and the…
Today is the start of my birthday weekend, and my last day as a 41-year-old woman. So to celebrate, I’ve taken myself away for the weekend.…
The first time I was in Oban was for a quick lunch stop as part of a bus tour with my best friend, Rachel, when…
One of my hopes for 2016 is that I can keep myself motivated. Motivate to succeed. Motivated to stay active. Motivated to work harder. Motivated…
I enjoyed a nice wee wander up to the filter beds near Glencorse Reservoir to find a geocache near a waterfall today. I even saw a filly…
I woke up this morning ready to start the New Year with hope and faith for a good 2016. Not with the naïve notion that…