Monthly Archives: February 2019
Bernie’s Mum and Da were peasants who lived at the mercy of a lord or a chief. In Scotland, the clans were ruled by chieftains and they gave prestige and livelihood to the people who may or may not have been related to them. Laird (lord) and Chief are interchangeable. I used the word laird in the book. I made up the name McTigue, there is no tartan under that name as far as I know (actually, tartans weren’t worn…..
I’ve had people ask about Bernie’s light. The one that mysteriously gets noticed when she is moving around in the dark. Like running across the fields and forest to see her mum in the pit, and moving around in the cave. Where did that image come from? It is an actual experience that I have had in the dark of the night when I have had to move around outside. When I first moved to Colorado in late 1992, I…..