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Tag Archives: (Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
Symphonic Scotland
I am starting to plan another trip to Scotland in September of 2015. So, this morning when thoughts and mental pictures of Scotland swirled through my mind as I was waking up, I attributed it to the research I have … Continue reading
Carving the Runes
Here I am, sitting in my room, writing away with classical music in the background, and the announcer says that a guitar quartet will be playing (Sir) Peter Maxwell Davies’s “A Farewell to Stromness” — so I stop writing and … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, Eco-travel, Ecology, Highland Titles, Land trust, Scotland, Scottish ancestry, Travel, Uncategorized, Women Writers
Tagged (Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, George Mackay Brown, Orkney, political activism, Scottish Poetry, self-drive Scottish tour, St Magnus Festival, Stromness
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