So... welcome to my Halloween in Caithness blog.

First, a little bit of background.  I'm a BA (Hons) Scottish Cultural Studies student at the University of the Highlands and Islands and, for my fourth year dissertation, I have opted to write a paper on how Halloween is marked in Caithness.

This means looking at Halloween festivities from around the world, around the country and around the local area.  I'm a big Halloween fan myself, hence choosing the topic, but I know that it elicits a strong reaction from some people.  

Way back in the distant past, before I took a year's sabbatical from studying, I remember taking a module called Visual Sociology.  I don't think it's still called that, but I'm guessing the premise is just about the same.  One thing that we had to do for that was to create a project and we were encouraged to do it blog-style.  With the experience from that module in mind, here I am creating a blog for my dissertation.

I will attempt to update the blog at least once a week with interesting, relevant things!  Here goes...