Nålebinding

Monday, 11 January 2021, 9:24.Reading time 1 minute.

Oh My Giddy Aunt. I’m so disappointed in myself :o( For a girl who has spent a lifetime knitting and sewing and crocheting, WHY have I never heard of Nålebinding before? It is now known exclusively as a Scandinavian craft but the image above is of a pair of Nålebound socks found in Egypt, dating […]

Nights of The Lingering Ghost or For The Hell Of It

Sunday, 10 January 2021, 15:20.Reading time 1 minute.

OK. So. It’s been a while since the last Merrily Watkins book so I thought I’d check on AmAzON. Eeer. What is wrong with the image above? In the UK it’s the 15th book. I’ve read all the previous. 15th? 16th? Which title? Amazon does this crap so many times. Buy For the Hell of […]

Is There a Tumour In Your Humour?

Saturday, 9 January 2021, 19:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Some times there are some things that you DON’T want to see showing up in your feed ! But I never could resist Robbie :o) I even named one of my characters Robert/Robbie

A Voice. A Guitar…A Dog

Friday, 8 January 2021, 19:42.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Francis Healy : Go AWAY?

Friday, 8 January 2021, 19:29.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Writing to Reach You? How Very Dare You steal MY words? F’kin Glaswegians!!!!!! Peasants. The lot of us ! Hurrummmph :o(

Freaking R-Awesome :o)

Friday, 8 January 2021, 16:40.Reading time less than 1 minute.

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow : ScHwoon Fest

Friday, 8 January 2021, 16:25.Reading time less than 1 minute.

After Richard Burton comes Ken Bran. After KB is Michael Fassbender. Two films that I’ve seen with MF. Quentin Tarantino (hang on)……Inglorious Basterds. Was Michael the character who gave them all away with the 3 fingers? I need to rewatch. Also – After The Funeral with David Suchet as Poirot. Gimme a minute to recover […]

POETS DAY : All Things Will Die | Alfred Lord Tennyson

Friday, 8 January 2021, 16:03.Reading time less than 1 minute.

As each hour/day/week/month/year passes – I’m loving MY homeboy poet more and more. Listen and weep. P.S. I never got past episode one of VIKINGS. Go figure!

Where is Martin Fry When You Need Him?

Friday, 8 January 2021, 15:40.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Through all the generations, from the distant past to my grandparents, parents, MY life, my children, there has been a single bright thread that still connects us ALL. Music.

Challenger vs Challenger

Friday, 8 January 2021, 15:06.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Which WITCH is WHICH? I, personally, have a preference for THIS Witch aka Pagan aka Celtic Wheel of the Year. Sue Me? BTW…I have until Samhain (Oct 31th) to perfect MY crappy homemade Calendar :o)

William RusselL Flint : (4 April 1880 – 30 December 1969)

Thursday, 7 January 2021, 18:10.Reading time 1 minute.

WRF The image above is a very bad picture of my front room. Shrug. I’m blaming my tools! The focus is the picture straight ahead. A William Russell Flint print that I’ve spent half a day trying to find on the internet. I started collecting his prints when I was in my late 20’s. This […]

DAD

Thursday, 7 January 2021, 13:36.Reading time 1 minute.

More Bingo :o) A follow up to my last post. Sometimes, after calling Bingo, I’d go to the bar at the Holiday Camp (where I lived btw) and find my Policeperson Dad there. Sheesh. Did it piss me off? OH YES! Dad being Dad would say…What are you drinking? Me: Lager. Half a pint. I’d […]

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.