B.F.P.O.

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

British Forces Post Office. In my day it was based in Mill Hill. No idea if it still is. So many past addresses were BFPO. Sigh. Kate knows………How? The All-Seeing Eye?

Cemetery of the Innocents

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 12:25.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Again with the old 17th century France research. Wiki : Cimetière des Saints-Innocents The history books say that the soil there was so rich (!) it could consume a cadaver in seven days! This links with more of my past searches. Wiki : Cour des miracles Always with the “gypsy” slums. […]

I’ve Fallen Back in Love with…

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 11:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nakşidil Sultan

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 10:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Well. This one has blown me away. I understand now why I mentioned Nakşidil Sultan, in passing, the other day. She has a connection to le Brun via Selim III (previous posts) And the common denominator is… Napoleon Bonaparte. It’s all a bit twisty turny right now. But I’ll get there :o)

THE COAL MINE OF HASARD DE CHERATTE

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 8:50.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Broken Window Boys

The Allegory of Love: A Study In Medieval Tradition

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 8:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have this book :o) The Allegory of Love is a landmark study of a powerful and influential medieval conception. C. S. Lewis explores the sentiment called ‘courtly love’ and the allegorical method within which it developed in literature and thought, from its first flowering in eleventh-century Languedoc through to its transformation and gradual […]

C.S. Lewis & Intelligent Design

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 7:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Story of Life

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 7:05.Reading time 2 minutes.

Subtitled: Tell Me the Legends of Long Ago The best thing that I’ve learned from doing whatever I’m doing here, is the true nature of story. Well. As I see it anyway. As a writer of fiction, I’ve learned my trade. The Art and Craft, it’s called. I know that there are only 7 […]

1789 – The French Revolution

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 17:04.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yes. I admit. I could be wrong. But…..? It’s feeling very much like The Same Ol’ Same Ol’ Story here. What happened to the le Brun family? No guesses.

Feel IT & WEEP ! (?)

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 16:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m done with the warnings. Y’all are reaping etc etc etc I’ve got soooo many BETTER things to do with my time Here On Earth. Be happy, Whatever HAPPY is to you :o)

FAF Housewife Doing Her Usual FAF 30 Posts a Day?

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 15:49.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OMG! Le Brun came from CATHAR country. How very dare I be so annoyingly annoying to certain people. M’eh. Housewives CAN multi-task, I guess. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN ;O)

WAAAAY Back When…

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 15:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A Soldier, Soldier (and guitar player) used to sing lines of this song at me whenever our paths crossed. M’eh! Been there. Done that. Vibe. As Eddi says in one of her live shows….“Bloody Guitar players!”

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.