If you make a calendar to remind you of important dates it really is important that you then check that calendar! I almost let this date, National Tartan Day, get past me!

I sometimes think if plaid was a color I'd claim it as my favorite! Today is Tartan Day, so, fittingly, I'll start with the book Tartans, by Brain Wilton. There is a nice history of the various clan tartans, the area they are from and what they mean. It includes all the state tartans (some official, some not), and provincial tartans. There are sports tartans, too! Astronaut Alan Bean (McBain) left a wee tartan flag behind when he walked on the moon. The author also debunks some tartan myths ... my favorite being just what IS worn under a kilt!

If you are in the mood for a mystery of the plaid persuasion try The Corpse Wore Tartan, by Kaitlyn Dunnett. It's part of the Liss MacCrimmon Scottish Mystery series set in Moosetookalook, Maine. Tempers flare and old grudges resurface at the gathering of the Scottish Heritage Appreciation Society for the annual Robert Burns Dinner. Who killed one of the twins? And which twin was it?

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