The Detectives

Brit Comedy that “they” won’t make any more :o( I have the boxset on DVD. BTW – Jasper Carrott’s beloved daughter is an actress. She plays the one with long blond hair in the Shaun of the Dead clip I posted earlier. She was also in The Office (Yukky Gervais) and in One Foot in […]

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Siege of La Rochelle

The Mills of God Grind….Oooops. Done that! Wiki : La Rochelle I researched this inside out, up and down, backwards and forwards. They besieged were forced to boil saddles, eat cats, dogs, rats…Children(?!?) to survive. Ahem. Why? Because Marie de Rohan’s family were half Catholic and half Huguenot. Her uncles were called Soubise and Henri, […]

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BEYOND Beautiful

Wow! I’m in a world of lovely loveliness right now. These cards are so very gorgeous. Jeremy Hush is an amazing illustrator. They kind of remind me of Arthur Rackham and Edmund du Lac pictures. Sigh. Happy. Sigh :o)

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In a Heartbeat

From V evil to V beautiful. I got a gift in the post today. Hush! :o) Thank YOU, my love x   Hush Tarot beckons readers to explore an alluring world where animal and human spirits are unified, and even the smallest creatures like ravens and hares have great significance. At times, they appear lost […]

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A & K plus WEIRDO

GB : 7th Dec 2019 Many, many decades later – the 3 of us can still get together with our shared teenage vibe and cause merry mayhem. Just like we did in Pompey. All those years ago. Love my mates :o) Above – photo of A and K and some weirdo posing, filthy dirty but […]

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If at First You Don’t Succeed..yadayada

I have to blame someone else! The pattern was very badly written. So there. Take That!!!! And it’s taken me over a week to knit, frog, knit, frog before I could re-write the dang thing into my own language. Now – I’m on fire :o) The coat is growing. Woohoooooooo! Funny Fact – my Nan’s […]

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Authentic Woman

With so many articles and images in the media encouraging women to become thinner, younger and more successful, it is no wonder that females of all ages feel oppressed and face a constant struggle to achieve these ideals. Coming to their rescue with quick-fix solutions is the beauty industry offering a panoply of treatments that […]

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And Cue…A HuskaMute

Or a GSD. Or any wolfie type doggie. I’ve been there. Done this. Sooooo many times. God’s Honest! How to make making a bed EXHAUSTING and nearly an hour long :o( P.S. And they do answer back/argue/challenge/disobey just like a 2/3 year old child. SMH

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John Heywood

I LOVE the fact that I’ve spent most of my life researching history. I LOVE the fact that a large part of the time has been spent in the 16th/17th cc. I LOVE the fact that I love proverbs/literature/poets and playwrights. I LOVE full stop.   Wiki : John Heywood So many “famous” proverbs. What […]

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The Rape of Persephone

Or Percy-phone as some “like” to call her. I was raised on Myth & Legend via a beautiful Xmas present when I was about 5 years old. Crap – does that mean a whole life time spent studying the subject? Crap – does that mean a whole life time spent learning ? ? ?   […]

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KJ Version

I hadn’t realised just how “programmed” I’d been by BFF ! When I was pregnant with 1st son, I listened to RUMOURS, the album. Non-Stop. And fell in love with Stevie Nicks voice. Gave/gives me goosebumps! Still love her voice – despite the backstory :o)  

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