The Trouble With Truth IS…

Friday, 11 October 2019, 14:02.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…it’s ALWAYS a double-edged sword. Dark/Light. Good/Bad. Wanted/Unwanted. Beautiful/Ugly If we are not prepared to look at the dark, then the light has no meaning whatsoever. Just saying

In. Out. Chuck it All About

Friday, 11 October 2019, 13:48.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This one didn’t land in my inbox. I checked the one that did and thought…m’eh. This was sitting all handydandy in the recommended side bar. Never look a gift vampire in the fang (?) The Proliferation of the Undead – Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock Like I said. Mixed Vibes day today. Go away Shaun. […]

ROFL

Friday, 11 October 2019, 11:16.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Never was a FAN of Spandau Ballet. But tony’s voice is…ooooooh :o)

Family History

Friday, 11 October 2019, 10:33.Reading time 1 minute.

Every family has a history. Stories are handed down, generation to generation. We love it because we find a great sense of connection to something bigger than every-day-us. But how much is truth and how much is myth? My family has the Admiral. You’d think I’d be proud and giddy but… …I’ve been trying very […]

What a Bleeping Liberty!

Friday, 11 October 2019, 8:59.Reading time less than 1 minute.

UK slaves invest in exciting Space Travel project. Disney to oversee details. Thanks, Dave. I will not swear I will not swear I will not swear I will not swear I will not swear. Oh. Bollocks!!!!!

Two Cures for Boiling Brain Syndrome

Friday, 11 October 2019, 7:39.Reading time 1 minute.

You know those times when the mind will just Not Shut Off? Try one or preferably both of these. #1 Take off your shoes and socks and find some cold water. A brook or stream is best but a bath or even a bowl will do…with ankle depth cold water in. Stomp about like a […]

Balboa

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 15:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

D’oh. I misread the title. I was in Bilbao, Spain. Double D’oh. Great video :o)

One Foot In The Grave: Funniest Moments

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 14:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I feel the need to lighten the mood. Tragedy to Comedy. Love Victor :o)

There IS a Theme Here…

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 14:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…Tragic. Needless. Horrific. And still it goes on. FFS!! Sorry but this ain’t Disney. Thank God. How How could you hurt a child How could you hurt a child Now does this make you satisfied, satisfied, satisfied I don’t know what’s Happening to people today When a child, child, child, child He was taken away… […]

Mary Somerville

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 7:37.Reading time 1 minute.

Wiki : Mary Somerville Someone has stolen my family. AGAIN! I’m getting agitated now. Mary was a famous 19th century female scientist and polymath. She married one of the Admiral’s sons and had a boy by him called Woronzow, I have a copy of Mary’s biography written by the daughter from her second marriage […]

Traitor or Hijack?

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 5:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Two sentences from two different sources are showing me the way. From NC talking about 1775 : Most likely that following their defeat the remnants of the royal court at Tobolsk and its faithful troops fled to China, where they were warmly received by the Emperors of Manchuria, the distant relatives of the Hordian czars […]

Kronstadt

Thursday, 10 October 2019, 4:27.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Kronstadt Naval Cathedral built 1903 (?!) Yesterday I decided to explore the Russian part of my DNA through my ancestor, The Admiral. What a bloody stupid idea that was! Apparently him and his son were both appointed governor of Kronstadt. BTW – they followed in the footsteps of another Scot – Thomas Gordon. Yup. […]

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.