Cat & Ronan

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 19:47.Reading time 1 minute.

Check out Cat Stevens? This is such an emotional song about the unbreakable bond between Father & Son. How can I try to explain?When I do he turns away againIt’s always been the same, same old storyFrom the moment I could talkI was ordered to listenNow there’s a wayAnd I know that I have to […]

Jammin’

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 19:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hey. I’ve told y’all about Marilyn and Bob in Jamaica. I won’t go back to tell and re-tell. I’m Jammin’ And I blame BFF’s mother for making me appreciate Mr Bob’s Happy Music Vibe. Listen without jiggling a single muscle ? ? ?

What’s The Story Ipomoea?

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 18:33.Reading time 1 minute.

Ipomoea : (A Wexford Case) Ruth Rendell. Roxane’s shoes. The leaf was not from a wild plant but from the cultivated climber Ipomoea rubro-caerulea, the Morning Glory. I’m in Distraction Action here ! One of my favourite Ruth Rendell Inspector Wexford books is the one in the image above. I’ve planted and grown ipomoea/convolvulus in several homes. […]

John Inman : I’m Free

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 17:55.Reading time 1 minute.

The first time that I stayed in the Savoy Hotel was with my brother’s gorgeous wife. Their daughter was about a year old. Niece-y is now 17. Wh-aaaa-t? Anyhoo. Sis and I went a-wandering down the Strand and found ourselves in a side street with John Inman and another walking towards us. I said…Hello, Mr […]

“RIP IT OUT”

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 15:02.Reading time 1 minute.

That’s what I said to our builders a year after moving into this house. Before – this room and that chimneybreast had f-ugly 1950’s beige tiles all over it and a modern electric 3-bar fire. Rip it ALL out! Behind the wall we found the recess and the YorkStone Lintel. So I HAD to HAVE […]

Daleks & Dragons : I Can Do That!

Sunday, 24 January 2021, 13:00.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m puppy sitting and watching TV toob. House Envy Out The Wazoo and back again :o(

Stephen Gately

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 18:46.Reading time 1 minute.

Stephen Gately Stephen Gately was Boyzone’s other lead singer after Ronan. What was not revealed when the band became famous and every teenage girl’s dreams come true was that SG was gay and married a man. He died in Majorca of…..natural causes aged 33 (!) Take that to the bank and make it evil ? […]

Ronan Keating

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 18:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Just my humble opinion but….. MELTDOWN :o) #

When The Going Gets Tough

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 18:13.Reading time 1 minute.

I’m a little over the teenage age (!) but I still love Boyzone. I’d put Ronan Keating’s voice up there with Robbie Williams/Gary Barlow et al. OMG – I had to rewind and change to slowmo. In the first 16 seconds I thought I saw late Mel Smith, Harry Hill and Graham Norton. Did I? […]

The Collective UNConscious

Saturday, 23 January 2021, 14:28.Reading time 1 minute.

Jung called it and studied it deeply. Though he was not the first. Some people are connected to the collective and pick up the signs and hints throughout their lives. It is my belief that Carl Gustav was using his concept to illustrate the Good and the Helpful that is available. Yes, he discusses the […]

Windmill

Friday, 22 January 2021, 13:01.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I always knew that I liked George. But after watching this…I really like him. We have a ruined windmill in the village. That’s why I watched this restoration. I wasn’t expecting to sob my eyes out :o(

Nard

Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 17:20.Reading time 1 minute.

Spikenard is mentioned in the Bible being used for its fragrance. While the king is at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance. A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, that lies all night between my breasts. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of En Gedi. I’ve been studying Aromatherapy […]

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.