Author Archives: James Joyce

With the pandemic-fuelled surge in real estate prices, I suspect finding millionaires in Dunvegan today would be a fairly easy task. A quick check of one real estate site lists two properties with price tags of $750,000… and that’s with ... Read more »

I know for a fact at least two of Dunvegan’s long-time Carnival Breakfast cooks, Bob Linney and Greg Byers, were downright disappointed this year’s event was cancelled. As were Terry and I. However, when last Saturday’s mercury approached the point ... Read more »

I was saddened to hear of the passing of Donnie Ian MacLeod this past Saturday. While not born in Dunvegan — Donnie spent the first nine years of his life in Clinton, Brighton and Brantford, Ontario — he, his sister ... Read more »

One of the stories I started off the New Year with was the ‘Big Snow’ of 1869. Ken McEwen alerted me to the memorable event, which he learned of from his father. The primary reference for this item was a ... Read more »