Hear, ye!

I think our apartment is haunted.

How do I know this?

Because I go to sleep at night and dream horror.

And this is my first impression of Edinburgh.

Since we moved in to the Old Town district of this fair city, the original walled city of early Edinburgh, my nights have been a bit restless. This was in late February, last year.

When I saw 'we' I mean:

-Diana, my college partner in crime and travelling companion since we got our UK visas in September 2007 and moved to England in October of the same year.

-Mike, the one who I've been seeing nearly every day for the past two and a half years. The one who works from home and whom I spend my lunch hours and every free moment with. Held up in Canada working and tying up loose ends until February 2008.

Since then Dee and I have found jobs working for Edinburgh Council, not the greatest artistic environment but one that nonetheless provides money for other nightly and weekend endevours.

This idea has been stewing for the past few days in my mind, and since I'm completely unfullfilled at my job I've had countless hours to think about what it is exactly that I'd like to share with everyone who cares enough to be reading this.

Since my arrival in Edinburgh I've just been flooded with masses of historical information, and cultural spoilings. Literature, for instance. Let's start there...

I love reading. Since I was barely able to speak my mother would read to me, almost every night before bed. I learned to read at an early age and haven't stopped. I went to college for writing. I point out typos in the newspaper to whoever happens to be around. Words are my life.

Edinburgh has been named UNESCO's first City of Literature. It's been the inspiration for who even knows how many authors. But to name a few: J.M. Barrie, J.K. Rowling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Mary Shelley...LitCity, as it's now dubbed.

If this sounds all over the map to you, how perceptive! It intend for it to be that way, because that's usually how my thought patterns work from one day to another. And there are always new things to be noticed here in LitCity. So let's begin...