Tag: Robert Burns

  • Scotland’s Forgotten Poet

    Scotland’s Forgotten Poet

    As you might guess, part of an Appalachian Studies Degree includes studying the displacement of Scots and Irish peoples groups. It also includes studying those who shaped the cultures of the various regions - writers, musicians, politicians, etc. Throughout my studies, I have focused primarily[..]
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  • Dispatch #8: Dumfries and Galloway

    Dispatch #8: Dumfries and Galloway

    We are on break this week, so I took the opportunity to head further south. Traveling in Scotland is easy. You can get most anyplace you have a hankering to go to via train. If we had a railcar system like Scotland does, I'd be[..]
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