LJ Idol Season 10, Week 10 - Take a Hike

[mrstotten]

"Let me tell you that I love you, that I think about you all the time, Caledonia you're calling me, now I'm going home"

What follows is a tale of a place that I know inside and out, and yet keep on learning about.  To try and share this fully I have dotted in a few hyperlinks that will help me tell the story of where I come from :)
~*~
In Scotland,

Comments

[penpusher]

That's an important and often overlooked distinction: the place where you live and the place where you belong. We're often so caught up in the elements of success, be it monetary or renown that when we should be taking a moment to assess what actually matters, the things that can make us grow as humans, we discount or simply pay no heed to those elements.

It's tough to get that jolt of instant gratification when you're looking for "where you belong." Would you know it immediately or would you need some time for it to bake, like a cake in an oven or a clay pot in a kiln?

But really that is a big "what matters" part of a person's life. And that really helps. They don't call 'em "The Highlands" for naught!

[mrstotten]

That is so true and I do feel for people who dont feel that same sense of belonging to a place.

I sometimes think it is different for everyone and where you belong can creep up on you, like a warm shawl, one day you realise you dont feel cold anymore :)

[halfshellvenus]

Gorgeous pictures (the colors at the Isle of Skye!), and a lovely testimonial to your country-- which is much larger than people in the U.S. suppose. It dwarfs the UK.

My people on both sides, recent and distant, mainly hail from Wales, with similar scenery and a culture of its own. I determined that "Ben" probably meant mountain, and was struck again by how Gaelic makes no sense to me and is utterly different from Welsh. The word for mountain there is 'Mynydd' (MUN-idth), somewhat closer to English.

Lovely post!

[mrstotten]

Thank you so much :)

I love Wales, it is a beautiful country but for me what gets me is the accent, Welsh people have such beautiful lilting voices.

[shadowwolf13]

<3

[mrstotten]

Thank you :)

[rayaso]

I have added Deep Fried Mars Bar to my list of foods I want to try. Haggis is not on that list. This was such a wonderful, heartfelt prose paean to your home. You are lucky to have such a deep feeling for Scotland, and I loved the pictures. Excellent entry!

[mrstotten]

Haggis is awesome, like a spicy mince, you really should try it :D

Deep fried mars bars, meh not so much

I do love my little green place, it was nice writing about it

Thank you so much for commenting

[beeker121]

This is a lovely and heartfelt introduction to 'your' Scotland.

Also there's something similar to Munros here in Colorado - 53 mountains with an elevation of more than 14,000 feet known as the fourteeners. People do set out to climb them all, I think I prefer your Munros.

[mrstotten]

Thank you so much :)

I have to admit I do so like the name fourtneers, it does sound like an accomplishment