Best Birthday Present EVER!

Eldest and I were talking about this in the car this morning! I said : I might watch Victor Meldrew as I’m cooking tea. Him : When was the last time you watched Lovejoy? Remember? When I bought you the full boxset for your birthday? Me : Best Birthday Present EVER. I watched all 70 […]

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Lipizzan

Check out the Lipizzan Horse. And WHY there is a Spanish Riding School in VIENNA (?) My Emu/Kiwi (!) friend is married to a gorgeous Englishwoman who is (was?) the editor of a major UK magazine all about Dressage. I remember visiting them – out in the outback of Lincs – and seeing her horses. […]

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Eeerm. OK. What Just Happened?

It is absolutely pouring with rain here so I’ve just been watching whatever came up in the yt recommended. That’ll be 3 videos from this channel – and I’m still a little brain-boggled?

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(Almost) Midsummer Cleaning

So there I was – cleaning out all the dross in my computer files – and the file with the “around 400 page” thesis on Silence had this (image above) next to it. Wow! Sometimes I can be quite clever (?) I obviously filed them both together to remind me to read/cross-ref both at the […]

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Silver Bells. Cockle Shells. I love this episode of Poirot for several (Russian??) reasons. Unfortunately yt will only show the crappy crap below. M’eh I even have an original 1935 magazine that premiered this Agatha Christie short story. OCD? Moi?

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Cardoon or Artishock

Sorry :o( You’ll understand if you watch the video below. I’ve always loved Cardoon. So huge. Sculptural. Impressive. And I have a bunch of seeds ready for next year. Cardoon is also known as the Artichoke Thistle. Mmmmmn. Link (?!) As I’ve never eaten an artichoke, I’ll be growing these for their beauty first…and then […]

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Well. That Worked ;o)

Within 10 minutes of my first post here today! Guess who came out to play on yt?

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Silence

There is a little known source hidden amongst all the Arthurian literature that has fascinated me for a long time. It’s an octosyballic verse – and quite convoluted. Many things intrigue me. Not least the story of it’s “discovery.” In 1911, a crate was opened in a house in Nottingham, UK and the script was […]

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What Will The Narcissist Do If You Succeed?

Well. Today I’ve got MY answer. IT will block you. Ignore you. Deride you. Demean you. Try to be you. Try to outdo you. Wanna win at all costs. Ban you. OutShout you. Be soooooooooooo much better than you. Run away from you. Steal EVERYTHING from you. Imitate you. Pretend. Gaslight. Self-confirm. Know more and […]

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Your Thoughts Are NOT Your Own

The image above is an intro to Vol 1 of Neil Sanders’ book of the same name. The video below is Neil Sanders talking to Richard D Hall. And in between…Do NOT be fooled by the the RichPlanet Tag (?!) Richard D Hall

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The Spy Who Loved Me

Roger Bore. Move on. Not an Ian Fleming HERO. IMHumbleO Carly Simon. Singing. Yay And – how could I have forgotten this one? Shame on me! Wikyuk : George Baker George. Baker. Inspector. Wexford. In… The Spy who Loved Me. I had NO I-deer that he was born in Varna, Bulgaria. SMH. P.S. I may […]

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HELL on EARTH

You might know – by now – that I am NOT a fan of this crew. but…But…BUT (?)

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