“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
My brother’s wife, with whom I spent a Glorious Weekend in The Savoy Hotel – forever ago – when their daughter, my niece, was tiny – has just sent me photos of said niece, via snail mail. Can I take ALL credit for the fact that she is now 17, tall, gorgeous and a born […]
Now – is that Forged as in “copied illegally?” Or Forged as in – Made by Fire? There are MANY things that can be copied Illegally. But NOT – MY Voice, MY DNA, MY Parents, MY Ancestral History, MY research. Or MY LIFE EXPERIENCE! I’ve lived in Ulster twice. And LOVE this accent. So close […]
I was the Injun, trying to (privately) help a Cow-BOIIIIII with the History of the American Wild West. The reference was taken and used to further the Cowboi’s Public Image of Self-Proclaimed Cleverness via yt. I was the Ghost at the Banquet. Seeing all but unable to speak. Because I’d been #banned :o( MY life […]
Almost 2 years now. I’ve given every ounce of help that I can to certain people and NOT ONE of them has even the most basic of Good Manners. Not that I gave anything solely with the Entitled Expectation of being given back to. I was just NOT EXPECTING this campaign of Unending HATRED and […]
One of the Multitudinous Crazy Things that I researched for my novel was… Xenophon : On Horsemanship Why? Because I’d not been fortunate enough to grow up with horses and I needed to know a bit about them. Why? Because of… Antoine de Pluvinel Why? Because he was THE expert On Horsemanship in 17th century […]
Way Back in the Mists of Time, when I was at QEGS, I had a mini-tranny. No. Not a dwarf transvestite (TUT!) a small transistor radio that was permanently tuned to Radio Luxembourg/Bedtime/Under the Covers/Listen to MY music and also my mates’ requests and letters read out loud. I VIVIDLY remember that Marc Bolan was […]
MUCH as I love, adore…secret XYZ-rated thoughts…Ken Bran, I’m less than impressed with this upcoming film. This is (right now…things change) my FAVE Poirot story. Egypt. Murder. And a crazy woman who shares my name (!!!) Sigh. Not even KB, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders can save a film with Russell Brand in. POUT.
We need a return of a Wolfie Smith/Freedom for Tooting Vibe. Wolfie Smith OK. I did NOT expect a Charlie Chaplin or a Furry Animal when I searched for this video. Heyho. Go WITH the Flow :o)
If you’ve been here from the beginning, you may know that I have my own opinions about “Gypsies.” MY thoughts and opinions come from KNOWING, talking to, Real Romany Gypsies who can trace their families back many generations. I’ve always had a great deal of respect for them. I told a story recently about someone […]
Good Grief! I got to page 24 (at last) and went to check up one small thing about Sufism, that had Nothing to do with religion and !BAM! I get a short sharp lesson about…World Religion. It started with Shi’ah and Shi’ite. Sufism is very mystical and grew from the Shi’ah side of Islam. The […]