Stepping off the edge

Owlmother's adventures

Picking up where I left off… kinda

I started a blog called Stepping off the Edge when I left my comfortable middle class and middle age life in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and headed to Adelaide, Australia to return to school in 2012.

For 8 years I blogged about events in my life…family weddings, birth of grandkids, travel. I no longer own the email address associated with that blog so couldn’t continue, hence starting over in this space.

So I picked up where I left off with our trip in fall 2024 to Europe and will continue with India and the Maldives .

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  • Scottish Hospitality

    We had the good fortune to be hosted by a family friend in Edinburgh. Ann is a retired home economics teacher and a good cook! The first night we were in Edinburgh she said I’ve made something for dinner and if you don’t like it don’t eat it. We were curious! It turned out to Read more

  • Bergen, Norway

    In Scotland we learned of the close connection between the Norse and the Scottish, sometimes good (well kinda good) as in the case of royal marriages but often bad in the case of pillage and slaughter. I’ve wanted to come here for 40 some odd years! I was heading north to Norway when my backpacking Read more