Hope in Shavuot

This weekend the church celebrated Pentecost. As a history nerd, I like to understand how Biblical history reflects our current world. This past week, I looked into Shavuot, or the Feast of Weeks, in the Jewish tradition, which became Pentecost in the Christian church. Shavuot is about harvest, first fruits, and doesn’t commemorate any historical …

Learning from History

I’m a student of history. It always frustrated me in school when each year we would only cover the same time periods. We rarely made it to World War I and never beyond. I took it upon myself to read about the events not covered in class. The magnitude of devastation the world has seen …

A Wee Dram

Our final full day in Ireland dawned gray with a misty rain. Over breakfast we met another pair of women who were on the second half of a whirlwind tour of Scotland and Ireland. We had a nice chat, swapping stories of our adventures thus far, then Tricia and I headed to the bus stop …

Round and Round We Go

From history and legend to our final roundabout.

Cliffs and Castles

Cliffs, castles, and laundry. A day of adventures awaits.