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Black Glen of the Crooked Stones

Black Glen of the Crooked Stones

Black Glen of the Crooked Stones In the epic historical fiction novel, Daughter of the Gods, Flora hears tales about the mysterious druid community and school located in Gleann Dubh nan Garbh Clac - the Black Glen of the Crooked Stones.  Flora had previously known...

An Dun Gael

An Dun Gael

An Dun Gael The White Fortress In the epic historical fiction novel, Daughter of the Gods, Flora visits a seer in An Dun Gael, where she receives a vision about her future calling by the gods.  The Arch Druid, Bhatair Rhu, later takes her to the top of An Dun Gael to...

Oak Bank Crannog

Oak Bank Crannog

Oak Bank Crannog In the epic historical fiction novel, Daughter of the Gods, Flora lived in Oak Bank Crannog, off the shore of Loch Tay at Fearnan in the Highlands of Scotland.  Crannogs were lake houses built on massive stilts out in the water.  They date to the...

Fortingall Yew

Fortingall Yew

The Fortingall Yew The sacred yew tree featured in Daughter of the Gods is now known as the Fortingall Yew.  It is estimated to be between 3,000 - 5,000 years old and is likely the oldest tree in Europe.  It is located in the small village of Fortingall at the...

Lake Tahoe and the Desolation Wilderness

Lake Tahoe and the Desolation Wilderness

It is Central California’s mountain playground.  In the winter, skiers flock to the slopes of the Heavenly Resort.  In the summer, the lake fills with motorboats, jet skis, and kayaks, while fishermen line the shores.  The place gets packed all year long – too packed...

Big Sur

Big Sur

A thousand-foot drop to a rocky shore where spires of rocks jut up out of the crashing waves… The Santa Lucia Mountains tower above the Pacific Ocean and disgorge streams of water that cascade down the cliffs... McWay Falls ...to mingle with the largest body of water...

Pinnacles National Park

Pinnacles National Park

Amid the rolling russet hills of the Cienega Valley of Central California, a gaping wound slices through the landscape—a gash amid the mountain tops, a scar across the countryside—as if the earth itself were cleft in two by the mighty stroke of a Norse god’s battle...

Taymouth Castle

Taymouth Castle

Are you in the market for a slightly used castle in the Scottish Highlands? Taymouth Castle might just be the dream castle you’ve been looking for.  It has been sitting empty for years.  It’s changed hands a number of times as different visionaries...

Castle Menzies

Castle Menzies

There can be no better place to start a romp through history than at a Medieval Scottish castle, right? This one was of particular interest to me.  It is a fairly obscure castle, built in the 16thCentury in the highlands of Scotland, and served as the...