Julie S

Fill your life with adventures, not things. Have stories to tell not stuff to show.

[Carolina ❤️‍🔥 @realCarola2Hope]

We really are a great country.

Almost 70,000 fans inside Levi’s Stadium belting “Take Me Home, Country Roads” in unison; chills! No division, just pure American unity.

This is what we are.

Go USA!!! 🇺🇸❤️

[Tara LaRosa @TaraLaRosa]

Greatest new song to come out of the World Cup! ⚽️❤️🇺🇸 Welcome To The Land Of The Free!🇺🇸❤️⚽️

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

FOUND A WAY THROUGH! 🇺🇸

[The Timeless Traveler 🇺🇸 @TimelessTrvlr]

At the edge of Scotland, there is a pub you cannot drive to.

No road takes you there.

To reach The Old Forge in Inverie, you either cross Loch Nevis by ferry from Mallaig or walk roughly 16 miles across the Knoydart Peninsula.

That is part of what makes it different.

Most travel now is built around ease. Direct flights or fast transfers. Perfect itineraries. Places that ask almost nothing from you before they give you the view, the meal, the photo, or the story.

Knoydart does not work that way.

You have to check the weather and you have to watch the ferry schedule. You have to understand that the landscape does not care about your plans.

And if you walk in, the trail makes you earn every mile.

Wet ground. Cold wind. Peat bog and silence. Mountains in every direction. The type of place where your phone becomes less useful and your attention starts working again.

Then, eventually, you see Inverie.

A small village by the water.

A white pub near the shoreline.

The warm room you crave after the cold.

That's the Old Forge.

It's known as one of Britain’s most remote pubs, but that is not the whole story.

Knoydart has a hard history, shaped by isolation, the Highland Clearances, and a community that eventually fought to take ownership of the land around them.

When The Old Forge was later put up for sale, residents and supporters stepped in again. They raised the money, brought it into community ownership, and kept the village gathering place in local hands.

That is what makes it worth writing about.

Not just the pint at the end of the journey, but the walk, the ferry, the weather, the history, and the people who decided this place was still worth protecting.

I wrote about the long road to The Old Forge and why some places mean more because they refuse to be convenient.

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[The Herald @heraldscotland]

The Tartan Army have thanked the city of Boston for its hospitality in a free full-page advert in The Herald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸

Scotland fans made a hugely positive impression on the city, attending Boston Red Sox matches at Fenway Park, donating to charitable causes and decorating the city's statues with traffic cones.

A full-page advert in the Boston Globe thanked the visiting Scots for their contribution to the city, and the Tartan Army have been given a free full-page advert in The Herald to respond in kind.

Read the full letter 👇

[Patricia Heaton @PatriciaHeaton]

More of this please

[Gunnar Esiason @G17Esiason]

We all love this because it’s entirely relatable across American sports culture and yet so foreign to the American pro sports in-venue experience.

Pick a given bluechip college football town on any Saturday in the Fall and this is exactly what it looks like, and yet could not be more different from the average NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL game.

If you went to or lived in a college football town, you immediately recognize the collective feeling of everyone in the video. If you never experienced it (as many in Boston haven’t) it seems and feels entirely novel because it is.

Two entirely different sports cultures (European soccer / American big time college football) and yet they look entirely similar and share a commonality in the pride felt by their respective communities.

[BostonWriter @bostonwriter]

> 35,000 fans
> Lots of booze
> Zero fights
> Nothing but vibes

More, please.

[Hillbilly @JamesHu27192912]

🚨 BREAKING: North Carolina officials have confirmed that missing the correct exit near Asheville during a rainstorm now qualifies as both a road trip and a spiritual journey. 🌧️⛰️💀

You start out confident.

Music on.

Coffee acquired.

GPS loaded.

Just trying to get from Point A to Point B across western North Carolina.

Then the Blue Ridge Mountains decide they have other plans.

One minute you’re cruising through beautiful mountain scenery thinking:

“Wow, this place is gorgeous.”

Five minutes later you’re gripping the steering wheel like it owes you money while trying to decipher four exits, three interstates, two construction zones, and one GPS that has completely lost faith in humanity.

The signs say:

🟩 I-40 East → Raleigh

🟩 I-26 South → Hendersonville

🟩 US-74 → Charlotte

🟩 Exit 101B → Somewhere You Didn’t Mean To Go

And somehow all four feel equally possible.

Then the fog rolls in.

Not normal fog.

Not movie fog.

North Carolina mountain fog.

The kind that appears out of nowhere and immediately reduces visibility to:

“Trust the process.” 🌫️

Suddenly the mountains disappear.

The road disappears.

The lane markings disappear.

Your future disappears.

Meanwhile the local guy in a lifted truck is still doing 84 MPH because apparently he’s memorized every curve since kindergarten.

Then comes construction.

Nobody remembers when it started.

Nobody knows when it ends.

The barrels simply exist.

Like a natural feature of western North Carolina.

Geologists believe they’re native to the region. 🚧😭

Just when you think you’ve survived the worst of it…

Brake lights.

For absolutely no reason.

Half the highway slows to 12 MPH because somebody three miles ahead tapped their brakes once in 2019.

Then a deer appears.

Not crossing.

Not running.

Just standing beside the road judging everyone equally.

🦌

The fog gets thicker.

The GPS starts recalculating.

The truck behind you gets closer.

The mountain gets steeper.

And somehow Google Maps still says:

“Continue for 27 miles.”

Brother, I can’t even confirm Asheville still exists.

Finally, after two hours of rain, curves, construction, fog, brake lights, and emotional damage…

You spot a gas station glowing in the distance like a sacred Appalachian beacon.

Inside:

☕ somebody discussing weather forecasts based entirely on mountain vibes

🥓 somebody ordering biscuits at 9 PM

🏔️ somebody casually saying “roads aren’t bad tonight” after driving through conditions that would’ve ended three civilizations

Congratulations.

You survived western North Carolina driving.

Your reward?

You’re somehow only 18 minutes farther than when you started. 😂⛰️🌧️

#NorthCarolina #Asheville #BlueRidgeMountains #I40 #MountainDriving #OnlyInNC #WesternNorthCarolina #TarHeelState #RoadTrip #NorthCarolinaLife 🚗🌫️🏔️💀

[Washingtons ghost @washghost1]

Your official guide for bees this summer

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

🚨WOW!!!

Tim Sparks has confirmed he purchased 80 PIZZA HUTS and brought back EVERYTHING that made them iconic!

Pac-Man is back.
Salad bar is back.
Red cups are back.
Booths for families.

"I want to rebuild places for families to connect and put their phones down..."

[Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 @cmclymer]

Yesterday, Trump pointed at Rachel Scott of ABC News and said "she's a bitch" after Ms. Scott asked him about rising gas prices.

It will be old news by close of business today.

Once again: Trump is held to a different standard by legacy media.

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

BOOM! Couldn't have said it better myself🤣 Kill the Kill Switch!

[OnlyBangers @OnlyBangersEth]

Wholesome moment captured at Boston Marathon 🥹

[Cons @CaptainCons]

In the last week I’ve gone from

Heat on
Heat off
Heat off windows open
A/C on
A/C off windows open
Windows closed
Windows closed heat on

[Variety @Variety]

ABC has renewed #TheRookie for Season 9 and #WillTrent for Season 5.

The network previously renewed the series "Abbott Elementary," "9-1-1," "9-1-1: Nashville," "High Potential" and "Grey's Anatomy." That means the only shows awaiting word on new seasons right now are "R.J. Decker" and "Shifting Gears."

https://t.co/B6W9jsQAmD

[tina 💜 @mohabbotology]

⚠️ THE PITT SPOILERS ⚠️

Shawn Hatosy as Dr. Jack Abbot in a clip from The Pitt 2x14!

[JustJared.com @JustJared]

Shawn Hatosy is teasing a possible #ThePitt spinoff series focused on the night shift

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[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

One of the American aircrew downed over Iran has reportedly been rescued -N12’s Amit Segal