Saturday, July 1

We're watching a TV show at the moment called Outlander.  It's about an English nurse who goes back in time and finds herself in 18th century Scotland and involved in fighting between the Scots and the English.  It turns out that the show is based on a series of books by Diana Gabaldon which were described by one critic as 'wildly popular'.

As is often the case, the back story is more interesting than the show.  Diana Gabaldon was a university professor in Arizona and thought she would like to try her hand at writing a novel.  She had no idea what she might write about but happened to be watching a re-run of an old Dr Who on TV.  Dr Who's companion at the time was a young Scots boy from 1753 called Jamie Fraser.  And that became the elements of the story.  

I've always said that Dr Who has had more influence on the history of the world that we realise. Ms Gabaldon, after her second book, chucked in the Uni. job and became a full-time writer.

It's the Rotary Changeover dinner tonight when the new President takes over.  It's being held at one of the local pubs and we've been asked to wear something green or something orange.  I suspect an Irish theme.