Level 42 – The Chant Has Begun

Gordon Bennett! It’s half a life time ago since I listened to this band. Check out the lyrics ? What goes around etc History repeats etc   Make your choice there’s no escape Add your voice, the chant has begun  

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Tea Tree Oil

This is in NO WAY undermining the sheer horror happening right now in Australia. Nope. Never! No country deserves that. No person deserves that. But I had a little side thought. It might sound selfish but it isn’t. Trust me. Along with Lavender, Tea Tree has always been my cheap, freely available, totally multi-tasking Essential […]

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Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks

Sent to me by Jordan Tabov from NC. My thanks, as always :o)   Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks   Now. Who would have thought that, eh?

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I Would Let Rip But…

Weave a Garland of my Vows by Greta Brookes

do something vigorously or without restraint. “the brass sections let rip with sheer gusto” express oneself vehemently or angrily. “Charlie felt he had suffered enough insults and suddenly let rip” T’internet. T’Laptop. T’time is against me. Besides – there’d be far too many expletives to delete! Today’s gift is too big to share. So I’ll […]

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Gretanory

aka – Story Time with me. Deep Breath. My Dad and I had a really…looking for the right word…Unusual (?) relationship. We rarely talked. Rarely touched. Rarely acknowledged each other in company. He was Him. I was Me. But we had this Unbreakable Connection that drove me to the morgue to say goodbye to my […]

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33 Leads to Leeds

Marty Leeds   A Fellow boobtoob reject. Sigh! Yo, Bro :o)

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Word Up

HGS is premiering at 5pm GMT. Can’t wait to catch me a familiar FAF name in chat :o)  

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Memoires de Madame de Motteville

If you were paying attention (?) I have original copies of all these volumes by Madame de M. Hint – Savage Magnificence They were invaluable to me when I wrote Weave a Garland of my Vows. Check out this Madame. And her mother. And Marie de Rohan and Anne of Austria. And the House of […]

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Three Act Tragedy

I love this Agatha Christie book. But – it’s one of the very few David Suchet Poirot episodes that I wasn’t so fond of. Anyhoos. Ever writer knows about the Three Acts. They form every single story. A part of the craft that MUST be studied and understood. If I may be so forward (!?) […]

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Place de Grève and All That

Researched it for years. Executions etc. l’Hôtel de Ville etc. Visited it several times. Anyhoo. Less about me. Something about “history.” Just too delicious to ignore Vibe :o)      

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