“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.”
and whether Mr. Shadwell’s opinion of plagiaries reach not Mr. Ravenscroft I leave to the reader. ‘I,’ says he ingeniously (Preface to Sullen Lovers), ‘freely confess my theft and am ashamed on’t; though I have the example of some that never yet wrote a play without stealing most of it: and (like men that lie […]
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Never Ever upset a German woman called Gerda by calling the flights on her darts black, red and yellow. Oooh. Blitzkrieg. My bad :o( And we were playing on the same Darts Team. My bad. BTW : England are playing Germany right now. As I type. Septic Peg predicts……Red English Faces all round ? ? […]
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Our biggest mistake was discussing this new home of ours in front of the men. Picture This : The Welsh Coast. An old farmhouse in need of TLC with lots of land. Rescued Chickens. Dogs. Cats. Donkeys. Sheep. Goats. Cows. Horses. Hedgehogs. etc. Organic fruit and veggies. Herbs. Flowers. She’d do the animals. I’d do […]
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No matter what year/era/circumstance or situation – Human Nature NEVER Changes. The following was written in 1678 : A gentleman now living …. one who with the vulgar passes for a writer; though I hope he will pardon me, if I rather style him in the number of wit-collectors; for I cannot allow all his […]
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My favourite local secondhand bookshop has finally re-opened. Yay! It was small before but now it is even smaller…the owner has given half of the building over to his daughter’s new business. I went in today and we greeted each other with big smiles like old friends. He’s doing the “right” thing. Self-isolating behind a […]
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I’d not change a single answer. Apart from the one bout my Dad. He’s no longer here. Oh. And the car. 4×4 had to sold. Oh and last night I was in bed, trying to sleep with Hugh Fraser/Captain Hastings and the After The Funeral audiobook. Oh and last time I cried…this morning. Oh………….no pets […]
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This is a kind of Heavy Jon Creek episode. About murder, eugenics, magicians, innocence destroyed and ye olde ladder lean aka Pythagoras. PLOT : Set five years after the previous episode, “Gorgons Wood”, “The Grinning Man” begins by introducing the Gothic mansion Metropolis. Since 1938, a number of visitors staying overnight in the mansion’s attic […]
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This is where we were. Had to try a Singapore Sling…once and never again. As said by someone at the time – “Yuk. Tastes like cough mixture.” I agreed and went onto dry white wine whilst marvelling at the fans (on the ceiling,) totally cutting out the boring business conversations, people watching and throwing peanut […]
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My Mum was a whizz at this dish. It was a Saturday Tea Treat throughout my childhood. Then when I went back to the land of my birth – Singapore- and tasted their Nasi Goreng. I was stunned. But it was about 3 am and we had spent several hours in Raffles Hotel. TRUE! TRUTH! […]
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There are a VERY few people that I Truly Envy. In the true meaning of the word ENVY : a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Maybe just two. This feeling has nothing to do with jealousy or hatred or anything negative. It’s more of a wistful […]
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Yesterday I had a little rant about the local land-fill/dump. We know about RATS here. We have TRAPS everywhere. Especially since the stupid started and we can no longer go to the Local Landfill without an appointment, mask, Doctor’s certified certification and a PRICK evidence card. To go to a Stinking Dump? I failed to […]
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OK, GB. We’re both fed up of the Dancing Behind Our Back Pandas. Right. Sheesh. Time to concentrate on something completely different :o) But first….
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Hidden History Research 