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I've been blogging since 2010, with different blogs for different topics. With this one, I'm bringing everything together, gradually moving posts here from older blogs, which is why you see long past publication dates on some of them.

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Marie McKinsey

Oct 12, 2014
3 min

Grinding Corn

When Dougal MacKenzie told Claire in The Wedding episode of Outlander that he was tickled by the thought of grinding her corn, the remark pr

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Barley the Beverage Grain: beer, wine and whisky

Marie McKinsey

Oct 5, 2014
8 min

Barley the Beverage Grain: beer, wine and whisky

Two of the goals of the ancient alchemists were: 1) to turn common metals into gold, and 2) to create an "elixir of life, that would confer

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Marie McKinsey

Sep 6, 2014
4 min

Heathers & Heaths

Next to the thistle, heather is probably the plant most associated with Scotland. Much of the color in the moorland landscape is from the fl

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