Scottish author Ailish Sinclair details her efforts to find beauty through hospital windows during a period of ill health.

It was a grey day when I set out to see the Brig o’ Balgownie in Old Aberdeen. Down a narrow cobbled street I travelled to visit one of Scotland’s oldest bridges. But then, there was light! I’m not su...

It was a grey day when I set out to see the Brig o' Balgownie in Old Aberdeen. Down a narrow cobbled street I travelled to visit one of Scotland's oldest bridges. But then, there was light! I'm not sure why some of the lights on the bridge were on; maybe it was just such a dark day that they automatically activated. Or maybe they knew I was coming 😉 Anyway, trip-trap, trip-trap, over the bridge I went... History of the Brig o' Balgownie The bridge was completed about 1320 at the behest of Robert the Bruce.

Scottish author Ailish Sinclair describes the pain of autoimmunity as being a small blue ball of pain. Also: a cover reveal.

Scottish author Ailish Sinclair shares photos of the first snow of winter in Hazlehead Park, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Author Ailish Sinclair goes on a walk through Lenabo Woods in Aberdeenshire, once the site of Britain's most northerly airship station.

I ran around in the first snow of winter at Hazlehead Park yesterday. History of Hazlehead Park The park is one of the oldest historic sites in Aberdeen, once part of the great hunting forests of Stocket, and was gifted to the city by Robert the Bruce in 1314. I only had a short time there, due to a dental appointment, but I made the most of it! There were lovely big trees with the odd autumn leaf still attached. And big, big shadows. Trees, trees, trees. I so love walking in my wilder countryside woods that I forget how lovely the wooded areas of the city are.

Holly and ivy growing around one of the stones of the row... I visited Auldearn Stone Row recently during a research trip for the next book. It's beautiful, tucked away among trees by the side of a driveway. Stone rows are ancient, like stone circles, and we don't really know much about them. The six stones at Auldearn leads away from - or to? - a cairn, the mound you can see below. The mound was excavated in 1903 and found to contain a cist - a stone coffin - but no bodies.

Scottish author Ailish Sinclair shares photos and information about the prehistoric Auldearn Stone Row in the Highlands of Scotland.

Holly and ivy growing around one of the stones of the row... I visited Auldearn Stone Row recently during a research trip for the next book. It's beautiful, tucked away among trees by the side of a driveway. Stone rows are ancient, like stone circles, and we don't really know much about them. The six stones at Auldearn leads away from - or to? - a cairn, the mound you can see below. The mound was excavated in 1903 and found to contain a cist - a stone coffin - but no bodies.