A Small Miracle
I am more spiritual than religious, but this time, I listened to friends and prayed to St. Anthony, finder of lost things.
I am more spiritual than religious, but this time, I listened to friends and prayed to St. Anthony, finder of lost things.
I am home in Maryland, but as the old song says, “My heart is in the Highlands.”
Scotland has also been part of an inner knowing that it is ‘home.’ I had a strong desire to visit the UK, and for many years, I wanted to live there. It was a bit different from being an Anglophile. The UK, and particularly Scotland, have always had a tether to my heart. I remember this from when I was very young with my earliest memories of wanting to be in the UK since I was six or seven.
Many of us talk about ‘going down the rabbit hole’ or ‘doom-scrolling’ when on social media. There’s a similar effect when one is researching topics. Each bit of information leads to another bit, until you are spinning away in different directions, researching different threads, each one making your research richer.