Boiarri/Boiiari

I’ve gurgled these namesies and come up with several things. One is  : Final Fantasy Nameday. 20th Sun of the 3rd Umbral Moon. Guardian. Rhalgr, the Destroyer. City-state. Ul’dah. Grand Company. Maelstrom / Second Storm Lieutenant …   One is something written in Greek so I can’t translate. And then a Twitter link to boiiari. Whatever. […]

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Weave a Garland of My Vows

The title of my novel is a deliberate mis-quote of a Richard Crashaw poem. I explained this in May 2009   Wishes to His (Supposed) Mistress    And I might’ve/could’ve said before that my fave poet is a homie. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Born a handful of miles from here. And my fave Tennyson poem is […]

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I Write The Songs

When I lived in Berlin, the girl I shared a room with finagled me into a Barry Manilow concert in the American Sector. She had two tickets and had been let down. I think (KNOW) I was about her 5th choice. I don’t like BM but was pissed off. Ooooh. That man can entertain. I’d […]

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No Fear, Shakespeare

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings Macbeth? Go, Trinity. Go onwards and upwards and sideways and……. NO FEAR Love a fleur de lys – which in real life is the IRIS. Mind. Body. Soul. The Trinity. Said that before to FEB. Sigh.M’eh. I’m EVIL (?)  

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Decline of A Myth

OK. My inbox is the next victim. Big Clear Out :o)   Decline of A Myth    

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Can’t Work. Won’t Work.

So there! Anyone else feeling exhausted/deflated/wrung out? I thought I was just being a drama queen but everyone around me is the same. Drained! Trouble is – when I get like this, the Virgo in me rises and I go into full OCD Mode. Stay away or else you’ll get cleaned. Tidied. Organised. I took […]

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New Moon in Pisces

If y’all know even the basics about astrology – you’d KNOW that the sign of Pisces is the OLDEST. I’m not an astrologer but even little old me knows that. The zodiac works BACKWARDS. Aries – Newest/Youngest SIGN ??? We go from—– Pisces. Aquarius. Capricorn. Sagittarius. We are moving outta the Age of Pisces into […]

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Haggis

OK. Radio Gaga Vibe but… …I’ve a FEELING that someTHING, someWHERE (Clue : Here) read something about me being a Scot who ADMITS to liking neither HAGGIS nor Usquebaugh. I’ve eaten the former to be polite to Nan (Dad’s Mum) Lily. And drunk the latter to be polite in Scotland. ‘Specially at a funeral or […]

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Ooops. Big FAT LIE

Sorry Miss Woodhouse, Eng Lan/Lit teacher… …I mixed up my tenses. Should’ve said I have, I did read Sun Tzu. My bad :o(

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The ART of WAR

Sun Tzu. If you can bear to read it the RIGHT way – it’s BRILLIANT. I have. I do. ChaChaCha  :o)   “If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, […]

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Every Dark Cloud Has…

…a Musical lining. Boyce Avenue posted 17 minutes ago. AEROSMITH???  

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19th February 2019

So that’ll be a year and 4 days ago that I ORIGINALLY posted this (?)   Greta Brookes : A VERY Personal Quest   Crap. I’d forgotten JUST how good an INVESTIGATOR I was. Thanks, David Samuel Greig aka MY Dad. I wrote only two words on his funeral wreath, the day of his birthday/funeral. […]

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