“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.”
Transmutation the action of changing or the state of being changed into another form. As I no longer live anywhere near Stonehenge, I’m going to have to play pretend in the garden :o) I LOVE this time of year!
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Do you remember Miss Woodhouse taking us Eng Lit students to a theatre to watch this? Vividly. Do you remember that we both fell asleep half way through? Well. I remember remembering the beginning of the play. And the end but….! Hey. We were 15 years old. Shrug :o(
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Which might be a misquote by someone about whom I know a little. Snicky : John Heywood Y’all were warned. Too many likes today. I’m releasing MY threat :o) P.S. Doesn’t She have the MOST beautiful eyes?
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HEYHEY you lot! If you do NOT stop liking my posts (?!) – I WILL break out Björk Guðmundsdóttir – It’s oh so quiet, Shh,Shh…! Fair warning :o)
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A side note before starting : I went to pick something up from our local surgery today and was stunned to be greeted by HUGE yellow notices on all the doors and windows. Please do NOT enter this surgery unless you are wearing a face mask. For once – I practised what I preach (!) […]
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Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow – I might find the poem Silence amongst my mad, untidy computer files (?) Meanwhile : Back at the Madhouse….
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Check out the Lipizzan Horse. And WHY there is a Spanish Riding School in VIENNA (?) My Emu/Kiwi (!) friend is married to a gorgeous Englishwoman who is (was?) the editor of a major UK magazine all about Dressage. I remember visiting them – out in the outback of Lincs – and seeing her horses. […]
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So there I was – cleaning out all the dross in my computer files – and the file with the “around 400 page” thesis on Silence had this (image above) next to it. Wow! Sometimes I can be quite clever (?) I obviously filed them both together to remind me to read/cross-ref both at the […]
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Silver Bells. Cockle Shells. I love this episode of Poirot for several (Russian??) reasons. Unfortunately yt will only show the crappy crap below. M’eh I even have an original 1935 magazine that premiered this Agatha Christie short story. OCD? Moi?
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Sorry :o( You’ll understand if you watch the video below. I’ve always loved Cardoon. So huge. Sculptural. Impressive. And I have a bunch of seeds ready for next year. Cardoon is also known as the Artichoke Thistle. Mmmmmn. Link (?!) As I’ve never eaten an artichoke, I’ll be growing these for their beauty first…and then […]
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There is a little known source hidden amongst all the Arthurian literature that has fascinated me for a long time. It’s an octosyballic verse – and quite convoluted. Many things intrigue me. Not least the story of it’s “discovery.” In 1911, a crate was opened in a house in Nottingham, UK and the script was […]
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Roger Bore. Move on. Not an Ian Fleming HERO. IMHumbleO Carly Simon. Singing. Yay And – how could I have forgotten this one? Shame on me! Wikyuk : George Baker George. Baker. Inspector. Wexford. In… The Spy who Loved Me. I had NO I-deer that he was born in Varna, Bulgaria. SMH. P.S. I may […]
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Hidden History Research 