“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.”
Oh. Fiddlesticks. I promised my long gone mother (31 years gone this year) in PUBLIC here earlier that I would NOT say the bad F word. So I’ll leave all the sweary bits to Sarah. Who is a Geordie. Like Robson Green. Which makes them both nearly but not quite Scottish :o) Take it away…..SARAH
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Since when did Killarney become a National Park? I’ve read the Annals of Innisfallen. Brian Boru and his grandson Muirchertach Ua Briain must be turning in their graves. Muirchertach Ua Briain had a bit of a tiff with Magnus Barelegs, King of Norway about the title of High King of Ireland. Enter the Ravens of […]
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My own personal Dangerous Brian is VERY OCD about cars. He is our go to when we need a cheap new/old car and he has NEVER let us down. He brings us the new/old car in pristine condition. All the way from South Wales. Clean as…and always with this air freshener hanging inside!!! Way back […]
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Cue song? No. Done that. Chrissie Hynde Pretenders Vibe. I’m just seeing all the lovers turning into haters under FAF names. The lovers built these channels up…why? So that they could DESTROY them. FACT! This is age old and ancient. Glorify the wannabes then kill them. ONLY TRUTH – ABSOLUTE TRUTH survives. How can I […]
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There are many reasons why I like Mr Robbie Williams. I have it (all be it second hand) that he can be a bit of an arse at times. His bodyguards were first hand witnesses. BUT : I can cut him a lot of slack when he can write songs that quote Ghandi. Especially THAT […]
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A FirmFamFave. Strange that this is a Ukrainian recipe. Or not so strange! I love making this. It always reminds me of Aleksandr, my fictional Kievan ‘Rus character who carries a deep dark secret inside…from Kiev to Turkey to Norway to Scotland to Ireland to Wales… that is not revealed until the end – 1136. […]
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I’ve just taught mine own self something! To quote mine own words (got to stop the Shakespeare stuff, J) : OG Source RRAN 2 (Regesta regum anglo-normanorum) numbers 1794, 1795, 1943, 1761…and NO…these are NOT dates. P.S. OG as in Original Gangster as in PRIMARY SOURCE. WTthethe…? I know quite a bit about primary sources […]
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I am the quintessential little fish in a HUGE ocean. Never pretended otherwise. I also HATE fishing/fish/seafood/sailing but have been blessed/cursed with generations of sailors and fishermen. And I’ve been subjected aka tortured with many years of fishing programmes. Robson Green has always been my own personal fave – but Himself calls RG a girly. […]
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D’y’all know this song? Maybe not. It’s a “traditional” UK song called A Mother’s Lament. David sings it at the end of Taken at the Flood. See below. Your Baby Has Gone Down the Plughole(A Mother’s Lament) Traditional Song A mother was bathing her baby one nightThe youngest of ten and a delicate miteThe mother […]
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The video below had me scurrying to my shelves to disprove wiki info. Darn. St Bart’s WAS “founded” by a jester called Rahere. Henry I’s jester. As in Henry I, youngest son of William the Bastard Conqueror. OG Source RRAN 2 (Regesta regum anglo-normanorum) numbers 1794, 1795, 1943, 1761…and NO…these are NOT dates. Anyone who […]
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I was looking for a “business” partner to share a new venture with and have received – out of the blue – an offer from a fellow historian who has followed my work for a long time. Way back since my Weave a Garland days in the early 2000’s. Woohoo. Time for a partner-in-historical-crime, methinks […]
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Sadder than Sad. A greater tragedy than even Shakespeare could write. Youtube IS IAGO. That whisper in the ear. That promise of wealth and fame. That endless promise of love and admiration. I have and will NEVER become a youtube TRUTHER. This was the set up for the fall from the beginning. EGO or IAGO […]
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