Spiral Staircases

In Modern Western Feng Shui, having one of these in your house is very bad chi, I, personally, would never have one installed. Ugly. BUT – has anyone noticed how many old buildings/castles have them? Warwick Castle has a doozy. But worth the climb to see the view. Even when the little ankle biters have […]

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Tamar

Tamar of Georgia as depicted on a 13th-century mural from the Kintsvisi monastery.   Of all the historical personages that I’ve come across in the past two years, this one fascinates me most. She has captured my heart. Empress Tamar of Georgia ruled over a Golden Age and she has come down to us – […]

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False Prophets

Oooh! This one is GOOD! It can go soooooooooomany ways. Let’s start with Kanye and move sideways :o)  

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World War Zero – 1756

Sunday Lunch on Hold. No one here is gonna starve. Yet. Love Conspiracy R Us Bought Jon Levi’s book. Many, many months ago :o)  

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Cura Romana

I’ve done the Cura twice. With the help and guidance of my late mentor, Leslie. It’s a Full mind, body, soul detox. It’s HARD! You get to a point when everything is just too overwhelming. Constant headaches. Digestive problems. Skin problems, Depression. Sickness. Complete and utter exhaustion. This is called the “cleansing crisis‘” Then you […]

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Twilight of the Gods

This is a wonderful Inspector Morse episode. It centres round a tantrum prone Welsh mezzo-soprano, WW2 and the Ring Cycle.  

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Vibes Don’t Lie

And….I seem’t’ve totally lost the plot. Heyho! Her, there, that one— Doing Rapture      

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P O E T S day

Just gone 3pm on a Friday. Every HMForces person loved Poets Day. Take yer pick. Keats. Shelley. Byron. Tennyson etc etc Or – in MY World it means ? ? ?   Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday Smilesies :o)   P.S. I’ll stick with my Homie. Born a handful of miles from here. And the […]

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Sweeney Todd

My partner in worldwide mayhem…..Cough……Ordered me to watch this film. She is the Finest Drama Queen Ever. She used to be an extra in films but musicals are her first love. She was the one who went with me to an address that I HAD to visit in Place Royale. My novel was hijacked by […]

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Do be do be do do do oh

When I was in the garage this morning foraging for Sunday lunch, this song was playing. I haven’t heard it in years, though I knew who  the voice belonged to. Putting “Do be do be do do do oh” into Gurgle didn’t help. It’s taken me this long to figure it out!! #SlowMo It’s that […]

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Down Mexico Way

Polite Ahem Cough to all those that STILL think that HOUSEWIFE is a dirty word…. Enchiladas on the menu today. Plus multiple stupid posts. Plus setting up a website. Plus stopping the dog eating the cat food and vice versa –  (Big Failure there!) Plus shouting  at chainsaw that’s having a bad chain day. Plus. […]

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