http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/ I live like a hermit in an island paradise, planning my survival of the impending apocalypse. My mother is a Sheltie and my father is American. As a dual-citizen, I have lived between both cultures. I only use my UK passport these days. I made the Atlandic leap, back to Shetland. This is the only place I ever considered 'home.' en-gb Copyright 2006, British Broadcasting Corporation http://www.bbc.co.uk//scotland/islandblogging//blogs/005566/images/dmsaa0.jpg http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/ I live like a hermit in an island paradise, planning my survival of the impending apocalypse. My mother is a Sheltie and my father is American. As a dual-citizen, I have lived between both cultures. I only use my UK passport these days. I made the Atlandic leap, back to Shetland. This is the only place I ever considered 'home.' http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000011021.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000011021.shtml#comments The hardest day in my life was when my parents moved our family from Shetland... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-11-06 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:21:44 +0000 2007-11-06T20:21:44 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010912.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010912.shtml#comments No one could quite recollect the last rain. Grandpa reckoned it was the worst... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-10-26 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:34:17 +0100 2007-10-26T09:34:17 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010683.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010683.shtml#comments There is a great feeling of potential, when one starts to develop a plot from... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-30 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:00:10 +0100 2007-09-30T22:00:10 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010682.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010682.shtml#comments iso-8859-1... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-30 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:31:25 +0100 2007-09-30T21:31:25 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010600.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010600.shtml#comments This is some art I made, inspired by Anne Lindbergh’s Gift from the Sea .... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-22 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:26:55 +0100 2007-09-22T14:26:55 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010531.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010531.shtml#comments Watching someone you love slowly die is life-changing. Like most people, cancer has touched my... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-16 Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:07:04 +0100 2007-09-16T15:07:04 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010460.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010460.shtml#comments To cling on masts in churning seas; she sings to me seductively. With every... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-07 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:43:03 +0100 2007-09-07T16:43:03 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010439.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010439.shtml#comments There is a strand of DNA within the mitochondrion organelles of each of our cells... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-05 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:53:12 +0100 2007-09-05T12:53:12 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010431.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010431.shtml#comments Auld Bertha, shu win up da brae Dispite her widden leg An’ in aboot da... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-04 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:00:57 +0100 2007-09-04T17:00:57 http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010429.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/islandblogging/blogs/005566/0000010429.shtml#comments While hill-dwelling, I came across a cirular ruin of large stones. Upon more investigation of... Shetland: Finally Home 2007-09-04 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:52:06 +0100 2007-09-04T16:52:06