Today we visited Belfast, Ireland; which was one of the stops that Janet has really been excited about. That's because her paternal grandfather came from Belfast, and as I said last evening, nobody from the family has been to see…
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Embracing Change Through Faith
We're on our way to Belfast - and Janet is pretty excited about it. That's because her family is from the British Isles, and her dad's side of the family is from Belfast. Nobody else in the family has made…
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Summer is here - literally. It arrived at today 1:16 pm eastern time, which was 6:16 pm here in Scotland. I really did not realize that we were already this late in June, but that is one of the pitfalls…
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It's 10:55 pm, and we're out at sea. Although the sun technically set around 10:20, it still looks like dusk and I can make out the outlying northern Orkney Islands as I look out our stateroom balcony. The water is…
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Well, it's Sunday night - Father's Day, 2011. And we are heading up the east coast of Scotland to the Orkney Islands for a day ashore tomorrow. This trip has been full of all kinds of memories and reminders of…
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