“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.”
RED LETTER DAY today. I had a lie-in. Then went into town because I wanted to, NOT because I had to. Lit the woodburner. Took up the knitting. Spent hours sat sitting watching Sherlock. NICE :o) I love all the Vatican Cameos Moments. It means…”Ooops. John. We’re in the shit again. Time to Get a […]
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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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Your children can totally humble you. FACT! Yesterday eldest heard me playing Travis – Why Does It Always Rain On Me? He said : We were driving somewhere when that played on the radio. Yup. He can even date-stamp the year. SmartArse :o( As for Alanis…he was too young but still knows her voice. I […]
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Like the girl below – I’ve used Moleskine books for almost 20 years. They contain so much research/thoughts/findings/rants/questions…swear words! I’ve tried many others but Moleskine was/is/forever will be my FAVE notebook. I have a few (?) BTW – I say Mol – Skeen too. ByTheByTheWay : They are freaking expense now! ByTheByThe….again. I’ve known the […]
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Seeing Keith Floyd in the Kenny Everett video yesterday gave me the idea for tea today. As did the gale force winds and driving rain. We need GOOD WARMING FOOD. I’d love to say that I cooked from scratch but I didn’t. I cheated by going to Tesco. Heyho. We used to have an office […]
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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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I probably told a fib aged 17 – but not a big one ‘cos I can’t remember! Torrential Rain in Eastern England today. Three times I’ve had to get soaked fetching logs from the garden. Not a Happy Bunny :o( Why Does It Always Rain On Me ? Francis Healy has such a sexy smile….!
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I have no idea if anyone is seeing these posts. I’ve been persona non grata for so long now that I’ve come to love that vibe. Even when I beg to be deleted…I’m ignored! Heyho. Stuart Adamson. BIG COUNTRY. Scotland is not big in the scheme of things…it’s just under-populated because of the hostile environment. […]
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Thorn in my side.You know that’s all you ever were.A bundle of lies.You know that’s all that it was worthI should have known betterBut I trusted you at first.I should have known betterBut I got what I deserved…?
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I have read and/or listened to just about every novel that Phil Rickman has written. Apart from his John Dee ones! The Remains of an Altar has stayed with me for many reasons. You have an ex-SAS soldier who is now a churchman. You have Merrily doing her Deliverance stuff. You have the ghost of […]
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…If you invite them in. Your problem. Not MINE! The phrase “bell, book, and candle” refers to a Latin Christian method of excommunication by anathema, imposed on a person who had committed an exceptionally grievous sin. Evidently introduced by Pope Zachary around the middle of the 8th century, the rite was once used by the Roman […]
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