THANK YOU For Being a FRIEND

Monday, 7 December 2020, 13:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This one goes out to the ones I LOVE :o) That would be MY True Friends. Not Frenemies. Not Wannabes. Not Cannabees. Not QueenBees. NotMaskedBees. NOT YOU-BES Just my friends and fam. I LOVE YOU x

BAD MOTHER : Programmed Kids

Monday, 7 December 2020, 12:44.Reading time 1 minute.

I must be Very BAD…to the point of EVIL! My boys are sooooooo programmed :o( Anytime I play a song MAXVOL they walk in and say…Oh. That’s xyz, Mother. You always played that when we were kids. And then walk out again. Rolling their eyes! REM. Point in Case. Also Eddi Reader. Dido. The Cranberries. […]

It’s the END of the World as We Know IT : And I feel FINE :o)

Monday, 7 December 2020, 12:25.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OMG. Mad yt panicals! Oh. Crap. Phone the emergency services. Some one didn’t post his usual Sunday video. Eeek. But I don’t sub. Don’t watch and missed the MIA dood missing vibe. MY BAD :o(

Mouse Cottage : Home ENVY!

Monday, 7 December 2020, 12:01.Reading time 1 minute.

We talk a lot here at home about Food Envy. That’s when you see what someone else is eating and go…Oh. I want that! Well. Today, I have had a SEVERE bout of House Envy. If I ever lived alone, I’d live somewhere like Mouse Cottage. It might not be quite so pristine and tidy […]

MINDLESS CRUELTY

Monday, 7 December 2020, 10:57.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Being Baited By Bully Boys

Monday, 7 December 2020, 10:52.Reading time 1 minute.

OK. Here’s one for y’all … Is it TRULY right and proper for a woman (ME) to be baited and bullied by two blokes in a public comment area? Does that signal “Male Superiority/Machismo” and what is acceptable behaviour nowadays? Or is it ONLINE ABUSE? What did I do wrong? Well. I stood up for […]

The Excommunication of Venice : 1606

Monday, 7 December 2020, 9:14.Reading time 3 minutes.

This is such a twisty turny tale! Why did the POPE in Rome excommunicate the Venetian Republic? For several reasons but this might be the main one… The Venetian government only made a point of remaining Master of their own place: “The Venetians do not have their Pope in Rome, but in Saint-Mark, in Papa […]

Meuzzin : Towers to the Dome?

Sunday, 6 December 2020, 18:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have heard this many times. It gives me goosebumps. In Pakistan. In Dubai. Not in Gibraltar but at certain times the work men under our window in Princess Royal Block would stop and kneel and pray. I NEVER hear the Church bells ring on a Sunday morning here. NEVER!

Spanish Train

Sunday, 6 December 2020, 16:27.Reading time 1 minute.

I’ve spent half a day trying to find an internet picture of The Princess Royal Block, Europa Point, Gibraltar. But all images seem to have been scrubbed. Anyhoo. We lived there. On the second floor. A four bed flat with four balconies. The living room had windows looking onto La Linea, Spain and North Africa. […]

TOXIC TWINS : Nothing In Common

Sunday, 6 December 2020, 15:35.Reading time 1 minute.

OMFluff. This is yet Another LP that was lost amongst our multiple moves. Thompson Twins. I used to listen to them about – well – in the Jurassic Era. Oh. Wow. The Symbologist is back in town with his/her 3/4/5 TOXIC Posse aka Useless Toolz. Shrug. Like I ACTUALLY CARE about FAF computer love. BARF! […]

Honest Question HERE That Won’t Be Asked Elsewhere

Sunday, 6 December 2020, 14:24.Reading time 1 minute.

Why do SOOOOO Fluffing MANY (as in 99.999999%) of YouTube “TRUTHER” Channels ONLY EVER post videos of them and their mates all kissing each others’ beee-hinds and agreeing with every single word spoken by each other? WHY? Are THE/THEY so very SCARED to face anyone or anything that/who will CHALLENGE them? Apart from HGS – […]

HE is Even Worse Than ME!

Sunday, 6 December 2020, 14:03.Reading time 2 minutes.

Waaay Back – a lovely commenter on here took the piss about how many times I posted each day. She actually counted and threw that back at ME as an INSULT. Wtf? I am JUST/ONLY/NO MORE THAN a Messenger. Alex is also a messenger (?) I’ve just had a cond-verse- ation with someone about this […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.