“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.”
…and work for people who understand what Poets Day means (?) then y’all finish work about 3pm on a Friday. That’ll be everyone home then, with the usual question. What’s For Tea? Go away. Leave me alone. I’m doing Spanish Tortilla as an amazing lady in Gibraltar taught me how to cook it. You’ll NOT […]
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I had a strange memory about Malory and Newgate prison but was too lazy to research properly so I went wiki – Thomas Malory and also wiki – Le Morte d’Arthur. Oh. my giddy aunt. The connections are MIND-BLOWING! I haven’t got time to name all but Steinbeck? T.H. White? And – Aubrey Beardsley. When […]
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I have a photo somewhere of a bottle of Bollinger resting in a bidet full of cold water and ice cubes. The staff at the Ritz in Paris got a little suspicious of me and her when we kept calling room service and asking for MORE ice! Well. When you buy bolly in a Tabac, […]
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Which – in my world – means reading something completely different. I’ve not picked up the biography of Malory (in the picture above) for years. But, for some strange reason, I felt like dipping into it today. Y’all know what Friday is, yes? POETS DAY Confession. I struggle with Le Morte d’Arthur almost as much […]
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A lie in. It was almost 8am before I stumbled downstairs and made my first cup of coffee. As I stood, standing there, yawning, hair pointing at every compass point, I began humming a song I’d not heard in DECADES! What the…….?
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As I seem to’ve gone a bit Gothic right now, I’ll go with the flow. This is an interesting documentary, imho, for several reasons. Victorians had anxieties about the Iron Roads spreading across the land? I was telling my eldest about Mr Beeching yesterday. The subject came up because I know that our local Bush […]
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One of my fave Lovejoy episodes. Jim Leonard,Lovejoy’s old mentor,asks for his help in a plot to sting greedy Dutch art dealer Hans Koopman,who once cheated Jim’s wife’s Judy’s late father. At a weekend house party where Tinker poses as a lord and Eric as a gentleman farmer they persuade Koopman to buy a fake […]
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I bought the book above years ago because of personal history. And watching John Lydon’s full interview (previous post) reminded me. My Mum was left-handed. So was her 5 year older sister, Aunty Maureen. But when Maureen went through school, she was severely punished for writing with her left hand. And no. They were “nominally” […]
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Loving Mr AG-D right now. Andrew Graham-Dixon interviews John Lydon I’m one HAPPY soul :o)
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I might’ve found a Brand New Obsession. Rewind. I HAVE found a……etc :o) P.S. This is called your SHADOW Side in psychowhateverpy. I Fully Embrace Mine. A little bit of dark in the light – this is Real life !
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I am BEYOND sickened at being drawn into the dark world of today’s Varney and his pals. MY BAD. Two years ago I made the Biggest Faux Pas of my entire life. I started watching certain yt truther chans and commenting on them. OM Good Grief. Just about every single day from then til now […]
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Upfront – I do NOT affiliate with anyone or anything. This is a personal review of a product bought and used by ME! About a week ago the product in the image above arrived and I started using it that day. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of a GSD or any similar type of […]
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