“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.”
Last night I was caught short aka needed a wee. I left my ipad downloading The Secrets of Pain audiobook by Phil Rickman. I went back to said ipad and found – The Prayer of the Night Shepherd downloaded. TRUE. FACT! OK, said I. Emma Powell narrates. I love her voice. I love this story […]
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OK. Well over two years ago I mentioned the Waterlogue app on a certain yt “truther” channel, in connection with these old etchings that they’ve all been studying – like – forever. I got dissed. And then banned. Now Jon Levi is bringing all this back again. OK. Better late than never, I guess. I […]
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There are a VERY few people that I Truly Envy. In the true meaning of the word ENVY : a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else’s possessions, qualities, or luck. Maybe just two. This feeling has nothing to do with jealousy or hatred or anything negative. It’s more of a wistful […]
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Yes. Y’all need the money. But what for? Bear with me a mo’ The so-called Charles VI Tarot deck (Charles VI of France/Charles the Mad/Husband of Isabeau of Bavaria/Father of Charles “The Dauphin” later Charles VII/Jehanne d’Arc’s Dauphin) has several cards missing. It is also called the Gringonneur Deck. It may have been of French […]
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I watched the video below yesterday morning and had a HUGE aha moment. Freaking Wabbits. Eating all…ALL of my young plants…Put me on the Offence aka Time To Take Action. Jeri is amazing. I have hazel whips a plenty, Wisteria all over the side of the house, Ivy growing like a maniac AND the young, […]
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On furniture. There is one thing about these videos that makes me wince. Whenever I’ve painted/renovated furniture – I ALWAYS paint the inside too. With the same amount of detail and care. There is nothing worse than seeing a drop dead gorgeous cupboard, opening the doors and looking at the original manky wood underneath. It’ll […]
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I am NOT a chemist. So I can’t even begin to get to the HOW of this. Maybe someone else can? How did he make the veil? How is it that you see the features of the Saviour beneath the veil? Did Sanmartino sculpt it that way? How is that possible? One hypothesis is that […]
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The Quality of Mercy. In order to prove a date, I’m chasing a colour. The trouble is – I don’t know which colour! But I’ve a very strong feeling that the answer lies with the 16th (or maybe 17th) century Venetian artists. This line of thought took me to Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice) which […]
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Both 16th c painters. Albrecht above Johann Georg Fischer below. FFS!
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Once upon a time there was an “amazing?” crystal expert on yt who totally dissed me in a comment about MY knowledge of quartz and crystals in general. She even dismissed the fact that I’d been taught much by Peter, my late friend, who was a crystal expert and an energy healer. Heyho. Such is […]
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About a thousand years ago I had a website selling my hand-crocheted handbags. The above was my tagline. From the poem below. POETS DAY? I still have well over 100 handmade handbags here. Never sold a single one on t’internet. GAVE away, free gratis and for nothing, more than a few to family members :o( […]
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Well. That’s distressing!!! When researching, I go back as far as the sources available to me at a certain point in time can take me. Today finds me on page 1 of a book printed in the 19th c (an English translation of the original French…woohoo!) It starts well. Using the ancient Greek sources (?) […]
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