Seil Chat

Ah, if the claim is going to be made, maybe some pics are called for? Try certain parts of the southwest in the U.S. where homes are painted turquoise, lavendar, pistachio, or pink (but thankfully not all four at once, at least not that I've seen).

How do the "locals" of this island define themselves? I would hope that they define themselves as being kind of local because they have had family on the island for more than one generation, at least, but then maybe I’m just old fashioned or too local for the new breed of settler! As some...

a nonny mouse wrote:
Possibly, the red mist had come down by then

Would that happen to be a reference to the work of (my son's favorite author) Brian Jacques, whose badgers see a red mist or something of the sort when they are in battle mode?

Bugfreik wrote:There's lots of good stuff in the Heritage Centre/Museum.Like old censuses, and who's who at the cemetery. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Susta ... pment/7523

Thank you, Bugfreik. I'm giving it a look now.

T and T being the Tigh na Truish? Maybe someone can youtube him ... I don't anticipate my boss giving me vacation anytime this decade.

What about Billy Connolly, or is he only funny in America?

Hmmm...have to lock myself in a room for a week watching who knows what and reading who knows what and drinking who knows what, then, still drinking, lock myself in the room for another week, start writing and see what comes up on the page. Story creation is a rather dynamic process. Who's the funni...

A story about someone who leaves balvicar for the new world because he's a vampire -- i'm thinking camp, of course, but don't know if I have an ability with fictional humor. I have looked online for information on Seil Island -- part of how I found this forum. Bridge over the Atlantic, House of Trou...

Actually, now I'll have to write a story about that.

Yes, I saw that thread. I'd say vampire but I shift in my sleep, so I guess the choice was made already for me.

Of course, I'm sitting in my basement with my laptop while the tornado sirens go off, so I'm not thinking about geneology right now, either

and one I hope you won't find annoying. I found the list today looking for information on Balvicar for family history purposes. I was provided the placename of "Batvicar, Scotland" -- I'm pretty sure this is what was meant :-) So, do you get a lot of geneaology related posts? (I haven't sp...