Written by: Sara Mordzynski*Gaelic for Welcome Home The French Connection?? Gene Hackman?…no, not that French connection… As the excitement of award session wanes, we await the upcoming season 2 of Outlander with hints from the Outlander crew about how amazingly 18th Century France will be portrayed. After which, to quote Sam Heughan, “ . . ….
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written by Sara Mordzynski “Fair is fair” so Jamie said in ‘The Wedding”. Now, don’t get too excited, this will not be a post rapsodizing about the writing, cinematography or acting of episode 107 because most of us will agree, it was fabulous. Referring to my previous post, in which I explored the Fraser ancestry…
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Written by: Sara Mordzynski “I come to you as kinsman and as ally. But I give you no vow. For my oath is pledged to the name I bear.” Here are Jamie’s words as he explains to his uncle and Chief of Clan MacKenzie, his refusal to swear an…
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Written by: Sara Mordzynski In honor of Labor Day Weekend…let’s talk about labor, of a different kind. In reviewing Episode 113, The Watch, it is interesting to note that two distinct, almost separate arcs develop and essentially do not intersect at all. On the one hand, there is the dynamics of Jamie’s relationship with other…
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Written by: Sara Mordzynski The world of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series is a rich one, encompassing deep emotional dynamics, issues of morality and justice, myth and religion, community and politics. Given Clarie’s profession as a nurse/healer, I will be exploring what the world of medicine was like at that time. Claire, as the outlander, was…
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