Laurie Tvedt Morrison
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Laurie Tvedt Morrison
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My pronouns are she/her; my hashtags are music, genealogy, photography, slow-travel; and my future is Scotland, Ireland, Norway.
I took a hiatus from my blog this summer to catch up on life admin, but it's back! #slowtravel #scotland #edinburgh
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Sunshine on Leith
And so my Edinburgh adventure begins.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My Scottish highlands adventure ended in the most perfect way - singing in a Gaelic Mòd! #SlowTravel #GaelicChoir #Scotland #Choir open.substack.com/pub/vibrants...
Singing in Gaelic
I spent my last weekend of slow travel in Scotland singing at a Gaelic Mòd - a local festival celebrating Gaelic language, music, arts, and culture.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I only had two things on my bucket list: see a puffins and the northern lights. I managed to do both during my month in the highlands. #Scotland #Highlands #puffins #northernlights #bucketlist
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Puffins and Aurorae
Time for a new bucket list
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June 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This week's blog post was inspired by an incredible science hike through the peat bogs with A Far North Naturalist. It not only taught me about peat's importance to the environment but provided context to it's role in my family history.
#forsinard #genealogy #scotland #highlands #sutherland
It's All About the Peat
I never thought much about peat until I came to the Scottish Highlands.
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May 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've just finished my first (of five) weeks in the Scottish Highlands and it is starting to feel like home. #Scotland #Highlands #SlowTravel #Sutherland

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My Highland Life
I jumped into the highland life (literally) at a village ceilidh my first night here.
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May 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Absolutely over the moon that the Duke of Sutherland’s estate granted permission for me to photograph their 19th century records and include a sample in my Trantlebeg #OnePlaceStudy!
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I ❤️ Libraries
I’m giddy with excitement because a librarian just convinced the Duke of Sutherland’s estate to grant permission for me to photograph some of their original early 19th century documents.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I'm in full genealogy research mode, up in Scotland to focus on my One Place Study of Trantlebeg, home of my courageous immigrant great-grandmother Mary Morrison.
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One Place Study: Trantlebeg
My great-grandmother Mary MacDonald Morrison emigrated to Chicago from Trantlebeg, a small group of crofting cottages along Strath Halladale in the far north of the Scottish Highlands.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
My latest Vibrant Squares blog post is the first in a series on finding purpose and connection during retirement and other life transitions. #retirement #purpose #connection #vibrantsquare
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Purpose and Connection
Real Retirement Planning
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April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have a new blog post about slow travel and my upcoming Scotland adventure.

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Slow Travel
One of my retirement goals is to live (short term) in as many places as I can.
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April 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One day to retirement, the end of a long & circuitous technology career. Many of my contemporaries will relate to this a career retrospective, and my younger colleagues might finally understand why I did not study UX when I was at university. 😆 vibrantsquares.substack.com/p/time-to-go
Time To Go
My first paid computer job was in the early 1970s
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April 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Thank you @bsky.app for making it so easy (and obvious) to add Alt Text to images. Great UX leap forward for accessibility.
November 30, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Had a bit of fun creating my #SixGenerations chart. Typical American immigrant story.
November 30, 2024 at 10:18 AM