Ethel Major : Murderess on My Doorstep

Monday, 28 June 2021, 14:03.Reading time 2 minutes.

Yesterday I had a little rant about the local land-fill/dump. We know about RATS here. We have TRAPS everywhere. Especially since the stupid started and we can no longer go to the Local Landfill without an appointment, mask, Doctor’s certified certification and a PRICK evidence card. To go to a Stinking Dump? I failed to […]

SAM aka Grandad

Sunday, 27 June 2021, 17:11.Reading time 1 minute.

Was a tanner. Both of my brothers and I called him Sam when we were not with him. He tanned leather. When I was a kid, the tannery was a short walk from Castlerig and the grotty flat that he and Lily lived in. It was a huge building beside the canal. And it STANK. […]

Two Faces of Angus Macfadyen

Sunday, 27 June 2021, 13:12.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Bruce & Lucius. BTW Alan Cumming (Saturnius) and Laura Fraser (Lavinia) are Scottish too. Don’t take MY word for it. I don’t exist………?

A Visit to NE France : Lorraine… Aujourd’hui

Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 13:48.Reading time 1 minute.

I’m overloaded with Vicky eggs. She bought me another dozen yesterday – fresh from her chickens. So, I’ve gone all French. Quiche Lorraine for tea. But done MY way (!) Oh. Jehanne d’Arc was from Lorraine too. Maybe she ate this way back in the early 1400’s. Before she was burned at the stake ? […]

The Dead of Jericho

Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 17:38.Reading time 4 minutes.

For once, the TV series led me to the books. I adore John Thaw and Kevin Whately and this whole series. I’ve also read all of Colin Dexter’s books. This is the first book and the first programme. “The Dead of Jericho” is the first instalment of the Inspector Morse TV series starring John Thaw and Kevin Whately (as Detective Sergeant Lewis). Colin Dexter also […]

When To Hold Them : Know When To Fold Them :o)

Monday, 21 June 2021, 16:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

SNAP and Gin Rummy are the limits of my card playing knowledge. Apart from Tarot. The ZERO card is ?

Took The Story. Took The Character. Changed The Name.

Monday, 21 June 2021, 12:48.Reading time 1 minute.

Now THAT is a Hidden History FACT that repeats and repeats and repeats and……..! Bram Stoker got rich and famous by doing this in 1897. Many others do the same BS right up until this day, hour, minute :o) I’ve a feeling that the Basarab family are Very Pissed Off right now. Charles I of […]

You&Me Against the World

Sunday, 20 June 2021, 12:36.Reading time 2 minutes.

I think y’all know by now that I am NOT a fan of Ian Fleming or Bond (Who Always to me is the TRUE representation of the King of Wands in the Tarot…King Dangalang displaying his wand) For the meelyonth time : I’ve written about Fleming and his close friend Dorothy Dunnett. The both started […]

Palatine Hill, Rome

Thursday, 17 June 2021, 13:58.Reading time 1 minute.

I was given a reminder of this place yesterday. Something to do with sunburn! But we have lovely cooling rain today. Palatine Hill is about a 5 minute walk from The Coliseum in Rome, past the Arch of Constantine and across the road. So me and girly decided to take a look. It’s a wonderfully […]

I NEVER Go Looking 4 IT. Scweam. LOL

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 16:33.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hey. I just get a do-my-own-thing vibe and IT is there. Waiting for me. Watching me. Trying to get the one-upsies on me. CLOWN :o)

1850 vs 1580 : I Once Wrote in a Live Chat (since axed) That I prefer 1580 to 1850. FACT :o)

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 16:02.Reading time 1 minute.

Was Kit Marlowe Shakespeare’s servant ? Ooooh! Suspense R US, yes? My little brother shares a certain name with a certain 16th c playwright. Mum told me that she called him Kit as a nickname. But it never stuck :o( I like KIT. Dr Faustus, anyone? I like Mr Waugh too. Very much.

NOT YET!

Wednesday, 16 June 2021, 14:28.Reading time 2 minutes.

Youngest was driven to Lincoln Hospital early doors this morning. The road (A158) is MADNESS. All roads out of here, where we live, are designated RED ROUTES aka dangerous. Very twisty and wiggly. The Road to Hell : GB 16th of December 2019 AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, MUSIC, UGLY The Road to Hell Monday, 16 December […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.