“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.”
There was NOTHING/ZERO/ZILCH/NOWT left in the box. Hope? Yeah. Right. #STOLEN! I named myself after two Strong and Independent Women. Brook(e)s ? Born in KansasOn an ordinary plainRan to New YorkBut ran away from fameOnly seventeenWhen all your dreams came trueBut all you wanted was someone to undress you But all the stars you kissedCould […]
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I have a special fondness for the Pre-Raph/ArtyCrafty movement. For many years I had a huge poster of Flaming June on my wall. And I totes agree with William Morris’s sentiment above. This is a good little video.
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I’m looking for the earliest episodes of MM on yt. So far – this is the best I can find. Caroline Graham started the books with Barnaby and his Sgt. Gavin Troy. Although I love his next Sgt. Ben Jones in the TV show, the early shows with Troy (Bad Driver/Tactless mouth) are the most […]
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I asked. Ten minutes later I get……..SCHWOON :o)
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You’re so self-satisfied… I DON’T NEED You. Hungarian Rhapsody Stay, Freddie
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If I’ve heard that phrase once in the past week, I’ve heard it at least a dozen times. #Message? I’ve SEEN. I’ll NEVER Un-See. Un-Fortunately :o( I’m a “once seen, never remembered” kinda girl. I’ve said this often when being introduced to people I’ve already met and they say…You look familiar! Like violets…. Violet is […]
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This was my Mum’s Go-To recipe for tea when time/money were short. I grew up with it and passed it on to my family. Even my ward, who lived with us for a year, loved it and – as a husband and father – has continued the tradition with his family. Simple quick recipe. Nice […]
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There is a school of thought being taught right now that fountains ARE ancient “TARTARIAN” Free Energy devices. They may well be. I don’t know. But some fountains are something quite different. I’d love to say that I have a FULL explaination of all the finer details in the image above. But I don’t. FACT! […]
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Don’t y’all just hate it when a dearly beloved offspring OUT DOES YOU with music? Grrrrr! Talking to youngest child about W of the W and he shrugs. Mother : Listen to Jeff Wayne’s SPARTACUS. My head exploded with many bad words! One of my FAVE films EVER. The last scene where Jean Simmons shows […]
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Oh My Dog! Listening to the last video…I can still remember the lyrics. Even though I lost my album decades ago. This was always one of MY fave songs. Forever Autumn.
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Eldest and I were talking in the car this morning about our old house and the day we moved in. He has a musician’s soul and said “It was 1999 wasn’t it? I remember the music of that time.“ It was the 1st of September 1999. Me and the boys left Wiltshire at 4am to […]
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A member of my extended family shares a name with our host below. I think we get on so well because he’s a History Buff too. He’s my Go-To 20th century World Wars expert. What he doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing. AND – he regularly takes groups around the battle sites of France and Belgium […]
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