Knee Replacements And Outlander Too

Update on knees: walking well on my own without a cane. Mostly muscle soreness from a whole new way of walking. About 65-79% recovered.

And I’m always happy to talk Outlander but please no spoilers as I have not read it

Did you not love the “wool waulking” women as much as I did? Oh, they were fantastic singing their ancient Gàidhlig song while they worked the wool in the old way. It was truly special to see them at their work and their singing. I loved it. Thanks to Sam and Graham for bringing this to us.😘

Sam and Caitriona as Jamie and Clare are very different. These two actors are going deep inside themselves and blocking out all outside noise to portray human love-making at its best. They succeeded as they are IMO the best onscreen lovers ever. What they have done to portray Jamie and Clare’s deep love is no easy task. They had to immerse themselves in the characters and throw off all their own inhibitions.. it’s not easy to do. Having been an actor in amateur theater for years, to do a good job playing a role you have to leave yourself behind. It’s very weird, but all actors do it, or fail. It’s sad to me that their great work in those love scenes have been so taken out of concept with slo-mo, zoomed GIFs, accompanied by raunchy comments. You do notice that those scenes have been toned way down. I am only guessing, but think the actors may have said “no more” when they saw what “fans” did to scenes that were hard and emotional for them to film. Caitriona alluded to this in an interview. So IMO not quite like Astaire and Rogers, the best onscreen dancers ever. But Balfe and Heughan are the best onscreen lovers ever and we have loved their performances.

I am not clever at capturing gifs like so many of you are but Sam had what looked like a ring on a chain under his sweater on the last ep of Men in Kilts. I won’t speculate about the ring as that only fuels rumors. But rings are typically special.

As for Bond, James Bond- it’s anyone’s guess. of course Sam is perfect for the role, but who would have picked Daniel Craig who was widely criticized for not being at all like “Bond” and he is arguably the best Bond ever. I hate to say it, while Sam is perfect, I think they will break the mold with the next Bond and bum all of us out just like they did with Daniel Craig. I think they will choose a black actor for the role. Poor Sam. His gorgeous looks work against him a lot. But we love him.

But it is apparent that the actors love their characters and want them portrayed properly - their way. An amateur stage actor for much of my life (except for Covid damnit!!), i know what they mean. We become our characters. Their happiness is ours; sadness and heartbreak as well. In fact it is diffificult to go put on your play knowing you will have to fall apart all over again every night. But we do it. Of course not as well as our pros who we watch so carefully. So if you go to see an amateur play - -and they are GOOD, so please do- just remember the actors, production, stage managent and crew have worked just as hard as pro actors. Please support us. We’ll give a great show!

Well, this book by our beloved “Outlander” actors, Sam and Graham, (that’s Jamie and his conniving uncle Dougal) is truly a treat! It’s a melange of “winding each other up”, too many drinks, bad driving on worse Scottish roads, autobiographical details, acting and filming insight, old Highland weaponry, and Scottish history. And two men who are old enough to know better but still manage to occasionally behave like eight year school boys - or old ladies.😂 The tales are great- discussing their first hand at acting (poor “MacBeth”😳), being broke and on the dole (Sam), contractionally signing to appear naked (Graham happily ticked the box but didn’t get the call - oh and does he EVER rub Sam’s nose it it!) and on and on across Scotland. If you’re an OL fan, you must read this. It’s so funny, entertaining, interesting. I can’t wait to see STARZ film version in January. BTW, does anyone know what Diana is doing with Book 9? Has she gone through the stones and will we n’er hear from the lass again?

Ok, I got tons of feedback on my post where I was scratching my head over Sam discussing Caitriona drunk in the car back seat. I posited that this is a cultural difference between UK/Ireland and US regarding drink. You overwhelmingly agreed with me. I do recall a trip to Oxfordshire where at noon, I truly did not want to drink and had all the servers, house keepers clucking all over me because they assumed I was ill! We also don’t really “take the piss” out of someone and don’t quite understand that from a stranger. Of course, none of this means that Americans don’t drink (Ha! Bourbon, Sweet Kentucky Bourbon!🥰), or that we are not sarcastic or love to insult each other. All in all, a week in each other’s countries is very good. By week-end may actually start to understand each other’s “English”. So thanks to all who commented, it was fun!

Tomorrow, in the US we commemorate a Harvest Festival held in Plimouth Plantatation, Massasschusetts in 1621 by some very distressed and beleagured Mayflower colonists. Most of the women had died. The rest, about 50 souls, were men and children. They were joined by some 90 Native Americans who brought 5 killed deer (Massisoit’s people.) The feast was supplemented by fish, shellfish and an abundance of fruits and vegetables. Probably no turkey. Although abundant, hard to take down back then. It was a three day feast. Both peoples were accustomed to giving thanks for the bounty the Earth and Creator provider. And they did. I wish for all to have this same feeling of unity and thankfulness as did the first European and Native Americans. God bless to all.

A bit of an uproar among fans who took exception to Sam likening his relationship to Cait as “brother and sister”. On the surface it’s a bit odd considering all the intimate scenes they did. Ok, Sam. Whatever, Bud. If you read further SPOILER he describes a drunken OL cast party which is really a fun read. But a little bit of head scratching going on when he then says that the next morning going to work Cait is still “blind drunk”, pretty much passed out in the car with her feet in the air. Hmmmm. Now I know there are cultural differences about drink between the still puritanical US and the UK, but I found this a bit odd. Would you talk about a female co-star, or best friend like this? It’s almost public shaming to me. Even more, would you talk about your wife and mother of your children like this?? I don’t think this is TPTB scripting. Something is very off here. Comments?

So lots of controversy over Sam comparing his relationship with Caitriona as “brother and sister”. Well, it’s just dumb considering the uber-sex scenes they filmed. Poor choice of words. But then our darling Sam goes on to describe his “co-star”, “best friend” Cait being drunk out of her mind, nearly passed out with her feet in the air in back seat of their car.Is this how one describes the mother of his children???😳

Directing this to you guys as you have an audience and if you agree with me maybe pass on. Clanlands: lots of controversy over Sam’s description of his relationship with Cait as like brother and sister. Actually, taken in context, Sam spoke quite lovingly about Cait. It was very nice and I loved it. Later on he describes a drunken cast party which is hilarious. He then says the next am Cait was “blind drunk” in the back of their car with her feet up in the air. Hmmm Ok. Maybe cultural difference as UK/Irish people don’t find drunkeness quite as socially unacceptable as in puritanical US. I love Sam, but have to question if he would tell this story, and publish it, about his wife and the mother of his children??This is not a TPTB script. Something is quite off here. If my husband did this I would padlock the bedroom and hire attirneys.