Rebecca E Brown

Rebecca E Brown

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Me, my life, and my family

Recontextualising Hamilton: a literary linguistic perspective

November 10, 2020

Unless you’ve been under a rock lately, or you’re Donald Trump, you are already aware that Joe Biden has won the 2020 US Presidential Election,

The year I turn forty

June 29, 2020

Ten years ago, I wrote a post about turning thirty. Ten years?! It seems like no time at all… in some ways. In others, I

Truth through denial

June 20, 2020

No secret, I’m pretty obsessed with musicals, and I’m not ashamed of it. A few years ago, I did a couple of posts (eg this

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Emily helping me ice the cake

Emily helping me ice the cake

Christmas cake is finally done! Looking forward to

Christmas cake is finally done! Looking forward to cutting a slice 🙂

Love this recipe, a @paul.hollywood classic (and the marzipan worked beautifully)

Oh look where we are again. Joy.

Oh look where we are again. Joy.

Today is cake-baking day! 🎄🎄🎄

Today is cake-baking day! 🎄🎄🎄

Emily and Daniel putting tops on the trees; Daniel

Emily and Daniel putting tops on the trees; Daniel's doing the angel this year, an ancient ornament we've had since our first Christmas together in Edinburgh in 1999 😍

Christmas has officially arrived at our house! W

Christmas has officially arrived at our house!

What a year; every memory of this time last year is coloured by the thought "we had no idea what was coming". Can't believe that was 2020, almost gone!

It's Christmas Cake time!! Kids have helped me mix

It's Christmas Cake time!! Kids have helped me mix all the fruit and we've each done a stir and made a wish (I don't make Christmas pudding so this will have to do).

Now it soaks for a few days, getting a wee top-up of brandy and rum every day, because I like a BOOZY cake *hic*

Someone decided to decorate the side of this house

Someone decided to decorate the side of this house in the village

Walk in Wharton Park this morning

Walk in Wharton Park this morning

After a slight delay for a slow puncture we've bee

After a slight delay for a slow puncture we've been back on the road and now sat eating fish and chips at Fort William. There's a loch in front of us, Ben Nevis behind us, and a bright full moon above.
We had barely anything to.eat all day so gave into the fish and chips and they were amazing.

Onboard MV Hebrides, North Uist behind me, heading

Onboard MV Hebrides, North Uist behind me, heading homewards through Skye and the Highlands. If we really do have to go home (still not convinced tbh) at least we have a stunning journey to look forward to.

*runs around screaming* *slips and breaks a hip wi

*runs around screaming* *slips and breaks a hip with fragile old bones*

Island-hopping in Outer Hebrides, Monday 26 Octobe

Island-hopping in Outer Hebrides, Monday 26 October 2020.
1. Looking out from Bays Loch, Berneray
2. Srom Ban, near Lochmaddy on North Uist. Looking over at Lì a Tuath and Lì a Deas in the distance
3. The causeway crossing onto Benbecula
4. Standing stone at Pollochar, at the southern tip of South Uist
5. As far as we can go! The end of the road; the ferry terminal at Eriskay.

Sunset across the bay this evening, the view from

Sunset across the bay this evening, the view from our cottage

Today we discovered Clachan Sands, about five minu

Today we discovered Clachan Sands, about five minutes from the cottage. The best white sandy beaches I've ever seen, with vibrant blues and greens in the Hebridean Sea - and even lucky enough to see several dolphins playing!

Our landlady brought us veg from her own garden 🤩

Anns an tràigh... (At the beach)

Anns an tràigh... (At the beach)

North-West North Uist in all its beautiful, bluste

North-West North Uist in all its beautiful, blustery glory. I am thoroughly bewitched by this little piece of heaven.
#outerhebrides

When your husband takes you on a short break for y

When your husband takes you on a short break for your birthday and it ends up being the Outer Hebrides! Over the moon 😍

Can't capture this properly, but impossibly beauti

Can't capture this properly, but impossibly beautiful

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