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September 2025 News

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Testing the Movie at the watch location

My big news is that I now have the movie on Blu-ray discs and DVD's. This was an enormous effort which took most of last week and lots of help from my wonderful husband.

To make sure my disc will work for the event, I went to the event location in North Old Town last week to test it out. I hope you will join me for the Film Watch Event on Sept. 16th! A Tuesday evening at 6pm. You can sign up HERE.

You can buy the disc HERE. In case you don't have a DVD or blu-ray player, you can see the film online on my Patreon page. It will work best on a computer. The film is located in an earlier post - just scroll down. The image is the first scene which has the words: "First there was Water." You will see that it is locked. That is because I am asking for a small fee to help reimburse me for the many years of work and expenses for making this film. If you don't want to be a paid member which costs $4.95, then you can click the Pay $11 button and pay there. You will be able to go back and rewatch it if you want to. It is 25 minutes long, so easy to watch in one go. I hope you can see the movie! It is packed full of stories and images, so I hope you like it. Many of the people who helped along the way are listed in the credits, along with footage from making it.

If you would rather see it in person, then you can join me at McMillan Spirit House in Alexandria's Old Town North on September 16th. This is a paid event/fund-raiser for all my expenses. $16 gets you into that event, and I hope to see you there! It is no-host, so you can visit themacmillanspirithouse.com for menu and pricing.

Join us for the movie launch event!

Fun at Scottish Games

At Scottish Games with the Scottish American Women's Society

We had a great time at the Virginia Scottish Games on the last day of August in The Plaines, Virginia. It was great weather and my new shirts were out on display.

My new shirts at The Scottish Games

New Shirts

Go see my fuchsia of Scottish Descent shirt

I have been a printing maniac! I created this "of Scottish Descent" t-shirt art in 2018 for my film fundraiser, in 2-color. I didn't screen print back then, so I paid to have the light blue shirts printed. By now I am set up to screen print my own shirts, but my simple set up does not allow me to do tight color registration. So I recreated the art for one-color printing. That meant re-jiggering the sails of the ship. Now I have a collection of Scottish Descent shirts and tank tops.

Go see my new Fairfax shirt design

Since I am in Fairfax on Saturdays now, I created a new Fairfax design, with the historic courthouse cupola and the state bird, a cardinal. This is my first non-Alexandria shirt design. I am pleased that my business has organically expanded to our neighboring location. Fairfax land was given to Lord Fairfax by the British King, and was the source for the birth Alexandria.

Go see my new Alexandria shirts for Autumn

I have new Alexandria Autumn shirts in many sizes.

Visit Yellow Dot Shop at the Market


Gustave's Art Market

Saturday, Sept. 13, 9am - 2pm

Next to Gustave Boulangerie

2213 Mt. Vernon Ave

Alexandria, VA 22301


West End Farmers Market

Sunday, Sept. 14, 8:30am - 1pm

Ben Brenman Park, Cameron Station

Alexandria, VA 22304

Watch the Film Online