When I first moved to Vermont, a dear friend of mine on the West Coast sent me a novel. “Everyone in our town is reading this,” she told me, “We all love it.” The novel, “Outlander,” told the story of an army nurse who, while having a romantic holiday in the Scottish Highlands after reuniting with her husband in the aftermath of World War Two, is mysteriously transported through time to the late 1700s, a period of castles, kilts, and intense sword fights. Like the people of my friend’s town in Oregon, I was … (read more)
