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It is a bit ironic to be spending Independence Day here in Scotland. After all, this US holiday celebrates the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776. This irony is all the more poignant because of the popularity, especially on July 4th, of the song "America the Beautiful." Recall the second line of that song is, "For amber waves of grain." Which is exactly what we just did.
Our hill walk with the All Year Ramblers club took us south of Edinburgh into lush farmland. And, in a matter of sheer coincidence, we walked through miles of wheat fields blowing in the wind. Amber waves of grain. Unsurprisingly, we did not get much reaction, or even acknowledgement, when we pointed all of this out to our fellow walkers in the pub afterwards. Go figure.
Happy Fourth of July.
