OHNO! I’ve Gone ALL Punk. AGAIN ;o(
Prince Charming. PC? In my non-pc but very pg dreams ! Ooops. NOT! Sigh
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Triggered YET?
I call in the late, effing GREAT Roger Lloyd Pack aka Trigger aka I MADE MY POINT? ? ? P.S. RLP was also Fantastic in The Vicar of Dibley. Oh. Yes. I AM SURE :o)
Read MoreNinon de l’Enclos
Wiki : Ninon de l’Enclos Despite the MS History BS about Ninon, she’s always been a bit of a heroine to me. So much so that I named my range of hand-knits after her. I have two biographies and many articles about this famous “courtesan” and her life. So what drew me to her? […]
Read MoreStaying TRUE to MY Nature
I’m one of those horrible, nasty (?!) people who ALWAYS sees the glass half full. A Natural Born Optimist who sees silver linings in the darkest of places :o) This week is gonna be strange but, ultimately, good. When we get triggered it is not a sign of something bad on the outside – […]
Read More11th Hour Easter Sunday Lunch
Well. It’s not “exactly” what I’d planned for this year. Which was not what we’ve done every other year but… Easter Sunday Lunch is cooking away in th’Aga. Woohoooooo! An Army Marches on its Stomach Or some such quote ? ? ?
Read MoreIf U Can’t Do the Vibe. U Ain’t in THE Tribe|Clan
It is the fundamental urge of all living creatures to re-produce, to seek protection in the safety of numbers and to seek order through some form of social harmony. As human beings differ little from this, all over the world from the beginning of recorded time societies have existed, which have bound it’s population together […]
Read MoreWhite Crow
The White Crow, one-time Soldier-Scholar of the Invisible College and a practitioner of Hermetic science and magic, and Baltazar Casaubon, architect and lover, a man not too particular about his personal hygiene, are two of Mary Gentle’s finest creations. The worlds they stride across range from the Renaissance city where aristocratic rats rule the human […]
Read MoreCalling in Walter Scott
It WAS Sir Walter Scott who wrote the quote above. I’ve been to Princes Street, Edinburgh a few times. I HAVE stood in front of this, a few times. I adore HIS quote and EVERY single connection that I have with it. P.S. I missed out THREE VITAL letters from my late Mum’s maiden […]
Read MoreThe Smallest Range of Shelves in MY Library
The photo is not good. Heyho! I don’t have “the tech” ‘cos I’m a peasant, I’ll leave it to y’all to decode via your ‘puters the titles on here. A bit of Shakespeare. Ovid. Herodotus. Aesculapius. Christina de Pizan. Malory. Language. Poetry. Literature. Villon. Classical Education. Machiavelli. Rabelais. Homer etc etc etc. I don’t need […]
Read MoreWarriors of the Waste Land
I could not be more GRATEFUL for these blessings that I’m being gifted now. :o) Thank you. “I sat upon the shore Fishing, with the arid plain behind me Shall I at least set my lands in order? London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down Poi s’ascose nel foco che gli affina […]
Read MoreThe Name is Bond. Basildon Bond.
And, yes, I’m lined. That ALWAYS cracks me up :o) Taking a break from researching the next GB monograph. So – to stop the incoming migraine – I’ve been re -watching Russ Abbot. Shooting Bananas. I NEED this on a DVD box-set RIGHT NOW. In the meantime, I’ve just got clips on yt!
Read MoreIris of the Rainbow
Wiki : Iris The Greek goddess Iris is…Goddess of the Rainbow, Fertility, Colours, the Sea, Heraldry, the Sky, Truth, and Oaths. About a thousand years ago I asked a simple question in one of the very first live chats I’d ever commented in. It was – “What is a rainbow?” OhMY! What a […]
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