“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.”
It’s not a case of what you know, but who you know! I know several Highways and Byways workmen. I live with one of them! Yesterday he came home and BLEW my mind with Hidden History. In 2007, the local Market Town (where we lived at the time) had severe floods. As the water abated, […]
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‘The time has come,’ the Walrus said, ‘To talk of many things:Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax — Of cabbages — and kings —And why the sea is boiling hot — And whether pigs have wings.’ I get given the strangest presents. A couple of days ago it was a gorgeous, brand new Claw Hammer. Today […]
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OK. Left to me. I can do this. L’il Jackie Greig aka Great Brookes is STILL forbidden. Hunted. Trashed by people who believe that the world started in 1850 (?) My children will NEVER be proscribed. As I Live & Die I WILL reclaim MY family. P.S. I don’t like CAMPBELL’s. Sorry. It’s in my […]
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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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A Q was asked in a live chat a few days ago. About kids. It was ignored by the channel creator and the multiple mods. Whom, I’ve always assumed, are close and trusted friends. If the answer was YES, why ignore it? If the answer was NO, why ignore it? When my husband and I […]
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I’m stunned. A kid (?) who works with himself on the Highways and Byways of our county is in constant contact with Kaleb via t’internet. They are much of an age, both country boys and spookily similar looking… but Kaleb is ever so slightly more ForthRight :o) A little, sweet wannabe vibe?
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As I started today laughing, I thought I’d continue the good vibe. Second LOL – I caught a band of “essential workers” who’ve kept the Highways & Byways of this county open through all the recent stupid, sometimes almost 20 hours a day winter and summer, being Very Essential today. They were all congregated in […]
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The more time that passes, the more I understand STOIC. And appreciate. The history timeline may be slightly off but that does NOTHING to dim the wisdom of some of the gazillions of sentences written since the beginning of the beginning. Seneca was so RIGHT about Quality Over Quantity. I tell my boys to save […]
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Gerald. Security Officer for Diddly Squat Farm. I totally understand JC here….been there, done that with Pakistanis and Indians. Nodding and smiling and agreeing without understanding a freaking word. No Offence Meant. My ignorance. :o)
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I did a guided tour of the Vatican but there wasn’t enough time to go to the Castel, just down the road. Which was quite annoying because Giordano Bruno – my fave Italian – was imprisoned there. Anyhoo – look at the image above. Vatican vs Batu Khan. Batu Khan was the brother of Genghis […]
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I’m not the only fan of Caroline Quentin in this house. Himself served with her cousin in the army. Himself asked her cousin to ask her to send him a signed photo of herself. She wrote him a little note on it. It has pride of place in the man cave :o) Restoration Home – […]
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Say what you like about Boy George. He was born different. Some of us were. FACT! I remember my Dad’s reaction when Culture Club first appeared on Top of the Pops. What is that? He demanded. I can overlook everything about the BS surrounding George. It always was, is and evermore shall be HIS VOICE. […]
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