“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
Despite being woken at midnight by the dog. And then getting up a 4 a.m. to get someone else up for work (?) – I woke up feeling kinda happy and childish. I’ve suppressed the vibe long enough. Time to be unconditionally SILLY and Childish. Enjoy :o)
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She was our English Language/Literature teacher – way back when. Poor woman. She must’ve been in her early/mid 20’s when she encountered our class! OMG…and she had a temper. I remember the time she broke into Middle English, reciting Chaucer to a group of 11/12 years olds and we all tittered mightily. Our bad :o( […]
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I spent quite a bit of time with John Dryden (and The Gang) as I researched the 17th century. But I seem to have missed this poem of his. Well, it’s a translation…of Chaucer, I think (?) The whole poem is beautiful but these lines are relevant for me today :o) Just is your suit, […]
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Guess where one of the most famous depictions of The Nine Worthies is! Yup. The Piedmont. Northern Italy. A bit of Turin. A bit of Milan. A bit of Genoa. Same names, Savoy, d’Este, Sforza, Visconti plus Ferrara, De Guise, Borgia Gonzaga. Mmmmn. Curious!
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The Nine Worthies were : Jewish – King David, Joshua the Patriarch and Judas Maccabeus Pagan – Hector of Troy, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar Christian – Charlemagne, King Arthur, Godfrey of Bouillon There are many renditions of these characters but it’s believed that they first appeared in picture form in 1312. I’m intrigued […]
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Proverb : If you judge or condemn someone else, you stand to be judged or condemned according to the same standard; do not judge unsympathetically or hypocritically. Judge not, lest ye be judged.” I have been judged – multiple times – and found guilty E V E R Y S I N G L E T I M E. But…for what crime? MY Holier-Than-Thou judges […]
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It’s a long time since I watched 1bike1world. Nala is out of the windy basket and in a warm van :o)
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aka How To Manipulate The Masses.
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The Red-Headed League
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If y’all have done your PROPER/ Thorough/ Decades of research into Rennes-le-Chateau, The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, Cathars, The Merovingians (Long-Haired Kings) Ormus, Mary Magdalene, Visigoths, The New Testament, Poussin, da Vinci, Teniers, Nostradamus, Rene d’Anjou, Jehanne d’Arc, Yolande of Aragon plus about a thousand… …y’all will know to whom the building of […]
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There is something rotten in the History of Italy. I first came across the image above a veeeeery long time ago when researching my novel. It’s the coat of arms of Hercule de Rohan-Montbazon. Hercule was the father of Marie de Rohan, the MC of Weave a Garland of my Vows. Check out – The […]
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My boys have a “famous” ancestor via their Welsh Granddad. Golf (yuk!) has played too large a part in my life. Hashtag StupidGame in my humble opinion. Man, stick, tiny ball, TANTRUMS ? Bert’s children and the rest settled in Virginia. We still have relatives there. GolfingAncestor I played golf once. And walked away after […]
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