Gerda Wegener

Friday, 11 October 2019, 12:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I ADORE this kind of art. I’ve a “few” original La Vie Parisienne magazines. And other original ’20’s French magazines and pictures. BUT – I never knew the story behind these delightful works of art until I watched this by Oddie. P.S. I’ve not seen the film! The Danish Girl tells the story of […]

Beatrice’s Spell

Friday, 11 October 2019, 11:43.Reading time 1 minute.

I love this book. It’s about Beatrice Cenci. Which is pronounced Bee-a-treech-ee Chen-chi in Italian. With the right and proper hand movements :o) Which brings me (as ever) back to the Bard. Much Ado About Nothing. Mixed Vibes today (?!) “Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever,- One foot in […]

Scandinavian Troll

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 14:31.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Is’t thou disrespecting the House of Dalriada/Viking? Bite me, alien boi :o)

Hereford Cathedral

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 13:27.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Tried to buy a house in Hereford but the computer laughed…long and loud. The BAD siren. I adore this whole area. As the rest of the folks did burgers, I did the cathedral. By the by – Phil Rickman’s Merrily Watkins books are a treat and a half. I think book 15 is out now. […]

VIVALDI – WINTER (Four Seasons) Organ of Basílica de Santa María, Elche, Spain

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 13:09.Reading time less than 1 minute.

WOW. What a building! Breathtaking

Money Talks, History Walks

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 11:12.Reading time 1 minute.

I’d love to claim the saying above as mine but it belongs to Obviously Outraged Obsolete Oddie. I have to agree with him here. And question (!) everyone, everywhere who sits back whilst this unconscionable destruction goes on right before our eyes. For Whom the Bell Tolls by John Donne No man is an […]

Château de Chantilly

Tuesday, 8 October 2019, 6:47.Reading time 2 minutes.

Wiki : Château de Chantilly An interesting Wiki piece about Chantilly. I like the built/destroyed/rebuilt bit – The original mansion was destroyed in the French Revolution. It was repaired in a modest way by Louis Henri II, Prince of Condé, but the entire property was confiscated from the Orléans family, between 1853 and 1872, during which interval […]

Ailish. Check her Out

Monday, 7 October 2019, 15:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Beautiful Over the Sea to the Fairies (and Skye) Thanks, lass :o)

Guess What I’m Watching Now?

Monday, 7 October 2019, 15:07.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As the food cooks. My fave scene of all. Moët M’eh :o/

Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair

Saturday, 5 October 2019, 16:05.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Moving on from the Prince of Elsinore or maybe Australia… Shrug! Ken Bran also did The Scottish Play Feeling a teeny bit dizzy maintenant mes braves. (?) Wrong country. My bad

Freddie’s Voice

Saturday, 5 October 2019, 14:27.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Come one, Come All…

Saturday, 5 October 2019, 13:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

…To the U A V show. Y’know when you laugh sooooooo hard that you have to snort. Or else you’ll die? Don’t stop me now… Go away Freddie :o) Zombie Dolores, yer ‘aving a larf, lassie. Debbie Harry? Nope. Out, out damn spot. Gagagagaga! Freddie? Last warning, pal.

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.