"Stories are my refuge."

Or, A Visit to The Writers' Museum.

The quote is from Robert Louis Stevenson, one of three authors featured at the museum.

Edinburgh is the first UNESCO City of Literature, and the tiny yet sincere Writers' Museum celebrates that heritage.  For instance, very much like a reliquary, one can view a lock of Sir Walter Scott's hair.

And did you know the third featured writer, Robert Burns, once wrote a poem to a haggis? 

Though the museum got a bit gimmicky at times, I felt connected to the Scottish concept of "makar," a poet or bard -- a maker of stories.