Without hesitation, I must divulge something of my peripatetic, genetic past. Psstt! Even though I was born, raised, and set free in Canada, my chromosomes come from Scotland.

My paternal grandmother, Marion Cole, was from Edinburgh, but later moved to Vancouver. She was alive until I was about 22 or so and traipsing around Africa and other nodal points of the globe.

Apparently, Watson is part of the Buchanan clan. Here is their tartan (see below):
Let's face it: Dylan has a huge mansion in Scotland, as does Sir Paul McCartney. The Chieftains and other bands keeping Celtic also deserve mention. Acoustic rocker KT Tunstall also hails from the land of the haunted moors. In fact, she praises Scotland's live music scene in this youTube video.

On my maternal side, I have English roots. I do have to explore this in more detail. I must talk to Mom at length on that soon.

I'm staying in Korea for the next few months, but Mom is in Ontario, Canada.

She's 85. She does calligraphy and drawing and painting. Here are some samples: