Swine, Bras & 15th Century Clothes

Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 14:06.Reading time 1 minute.

I built my shop around my innate love of textiles. 15 years ago it was not so difficult to buy clothes from the 30’s, 20’s, Edwardian, Victorian eras. I’d examine them closely…many handmade…and admire the delicacy of the stitches, the way they were constructed. So – no surprise – I found the video below to […]

Rosemary & Thyme : Hugh & Belinda

Monday, 1 February 2021, 19:02.Reading time 1 minute.

I can do this all day and night! I adore this crazy murdermystery gardening series. It is as silly as you can get. This episode features Belinda Lang/Fake MoneyGrubby Aussies/Gardening/A Scaffolding Misadventure/Broken Limbs and the word LISSOME…as Belinda is forced to break into a house by climbing through a window. Lissome/Lithesome. The Wife Her Husband

Going With The Flow

Monday, 1 February 2021, 15:46.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I blame my son! He’s 6ft6 and can take it! He’s the one who bought me wireless earphones for Christmas. SHOUT. SHOUT. LET IT ALL OUT. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE CAN DO WITHOUT… C’mon. I’m talking to you. C’mon. Even HE knows Tears for Fears. I’ve musicprogrammed them both quite well. SMUG :o)

How Great Thou Art : GB8thApril2019

Monday, 1 February 2021, 13:44.Reading time 1 minute.

GB8THAPRIL2019 Just because I was not ReligionProgrammed. Just because I went OFF SCRIPT. Just because I found Glory & Wonder outside of a Congregation/Church/MindControl… …Has NEVER meant that I am a total MindFluff. I found my FAITH inside of ME. OK. Rewind. Repeat. Re – Ignored Vibe. P.S. In my new novel I have a […]

Norma & Joe

Monday, 1 February 2021, 13:08.Reading time 1 minute.

I have loved this film for so many years. It resonates. And it is gender-fluid (?!) The down at heel writer vs the STAR of Stage and Screen. Gloria Swanson was an amazing woman…if and when you look into her. This was HER Two-Fingers Up to the Hollywood Factory that made and then DESTROYED her […]

The Strongest Stuctures

Monday, 1 February 2021, 11:33.Reading time 1 minute.

Over the past few months of watching George Clarke I’ve become an armchair architect/engineer/builder/designer/know-it-all (!) Did y’all know that the strongest structures in the whole history of building are ROUND TOWERS! Think about Lighthouses. Especially those in the Outer Hebrides or some such totally weather-ferocious place. Or GB : Warwick Castle 20/06/2020 Build a round […]

If You Are Going To Do Something : Do It Properly

Saturday, 30 January 2021, 17:30.Reading time 1 minute.

Never. EVER. Begin anything half-heartedly. That is a complete Waste of Time and Energy. I was brought up on this philosophy/dictate/rule. And to give them their absolute due, both of my parents let my brothers and I do OUR thing to the full. So. With that in mind. If I’m going to totally breakdown : […]

Stop Your Sobbing

Saturday, 30 January 2021, 16:33.Reading time 1 minute.

Grief catches you at the strangest times. When I cut that extra slice of cheese for sandwiches. When I automatically bend down to put fresh water in his drinking bowl that is no longer there. When I wake up in the morning and find BOTH slippers where I left them and don’t have to hop […]

When The World Was Mine…

Saturday, 30 January 2021, 15:35.Reading time 3 minutes.

…Not that long ago. I was travelling to America, across Europe, the Middle East, the Far East meeting beggars and princes and everyone in between. My writing peers gave me awards and respect and great reviews and advice and encouragement. I was the first unpublished writer to be asked by four published writers to write […]

Another Tartary Link?

Friday, 29 January 2021, 16:04.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Am I the only person in the WHOLE WORLD who sees the Mabinogion as a reflection of the House of Comnenus and Tartary? King Arthur? Betrayals? Beheadings? Horses? Celts/Scythians? A Kievan Rus’ from Georgia whom I named Aleksander? The ancient Brythonic Language? The destruction of Welsh Culture and Language? The fact that 12th century Welsh […]

The Mabinogion

Friday, 29 January 2021, 15:48.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Mabinogion has played such a HUGE part in my past decade and a bit more of research for Ravens of Dinefwr. It helped me (along with N.C.) to weld the MSM History of Wales/Ireland/Scotland/The Normans/The Crusades with a new chronology and story. I’ve watched Cerys a few times – she’s my go-to-source for pronunciation […]

Fathers 4 Justice

Friday, 29 January 2021, 14:54.Reading time 2 minutes.

So much emphasis is put on those Hit&Quit men who leave a woman pregnant with their child and refuse to take ANY responsibility. But what about those women who use “the system” to deny the father of their children all rights of access? Spending so many years around the military I saw both sides of […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.