Sense & Sensibility

I used to live a short drive from the National Trust’s “designated” Jane Austen home. V disappointed with the place. Like Shakespeare’s “house” in Stratford, it looked a bit like a film set. Anyway. Back to the real point. Things are beginning to make a LOT more sense :o) From NC :

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Too Salient not to Quote

Written by Allegra Printz : “The Ring (Wagner’s opera and the ancient stories) speaks to such current experiences as the need for the old order – “ancient fires” – of the Piscean Age to recognise and yield to the incoming qualities of the Aquarian Age in an energetic transition due to the precession of the […]

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Rheingold

Oh. I may’ve got sidetracked somewhere today. Back to me, me, me. I’ve reached the Synopsis.v Do not get me on that subject. Writing a synopsis Hurts one’s brain! Anyhoos Plot Synopsis of the four part Ring of the Nibelung Prologue. What? Get on with the juice!! Oh, The Rhinegold. Or Rheingold, Or…. Scene One […]

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Bruschetta

I love all the bruschetta recipes online. They crack me up. Recipe of the Day Chez Moi   French baguette plus bread knife. Slice thinly. Bung it on a baking tray with olive oil below and above. Fling it at th’aga. Making sure the door is open first. Grab hold of red onion, red pepper, tomatoes. […]

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Prophesy of Völuspá – The Seeress

Finally. After almost 2 hours. I get to open my new delivery. The first thing I read is…   Prophesy of Völuspá – The Seeress Hear me, all you hallowed beings, Both high and low, THE FATES I FATHOM, YET FARTHER I SEE Icelandic Poetic Edda – 9th -11th Cent. C.E.   I have sooooo […]

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Arthur Rackham and the Ring Cycle

I work every morning for my eldest son’s business (unpaid) But every now and again he shows his appreciation with an Amazon voucher. So I bought the above tarot. For me, this gift will teach more than any books, TV, theses etc And – to top it all – the illustrations are by one of […]

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Black Panther

I knew there was something much deeper in the 12th C Georgian poem that I’m so obsessed with right now. It’s called The Man in the Black Panther’s Skin. Two little known facts : The poet is connected very strongly with Empress Tamar. Tamar is also called the King of Georgia. Shapeshifter vibe?   Written […]

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The Quality of Mercy

Not all tell – e – vision is bad. IMHO. You just have to know when to pick and choose. Discernment. A bit of Oxford. Lewis. Hathaway. Merchant of Venice.Mystery History. Blahblahblah. I love this series. Another gift that keeps on giving :o)  

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Prose Poem

The illustration above comes from the original epic poem (which is really prose) that I’m reading now. I have Never come across this before but it is a beautiful gift that’s a bit (!) addictive :o) The TBR pile just fell over. M’eh!   The poem, strangely enough, is not set in Georgia, but in […]

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A Poem from the Golden Age

These are the first lines of an epic 12th century Georgian poem. Mmmmmn!   There was in Arabia Rostevan, a king by the grace of God, happy, exalted, generous, modest, lord of many hosts and knights, just and gracious, powerful, far-seeing, himself a peerless warrior, moreover fluent in speech: No other child had the king […]

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Totem Animals

We all have one or more totem animals. I have 2 close ones. Guess which two ?!   OK. That says far too much :o)

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Time to Replay my Best Eddi Card?

Done this one several times but whattheheyhoo? Still a gorgeous soul, a divine voice and a song that speaks. Take it away, lassie  

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