Welsh Word of the Day – Teulu

Friday, 15 November 2019, 14:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Or… …If you are as steeped in 12thC Welsh History as I am. Warband. Them Ravens are a-talking again :o) TAY-lee

Alexander the Macedon

Friday, 15 November 2019, 7:31.Reading time 2 minutes.

OK. In my usual roundabout, weird way – I’ve finally reached the destination. Macedonia/Serbia I’m feeling a great need now to look into the Ptolemaic Pharoahs via…..?!? “We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good; so find we profit By losing of our prayers.” […]

In the Dark About The Dark Ages?

Friday, 15 November 2019, 5:27.Reading time 2 minutes.

A nice, concise explanation from NC : Let’s skip the indefinite period up to the IXth century. After this, begins a new chapter in the history of China allegedly from 860 to the year 960 AD. That is approximately 100 years of darkness. L.N. Gumilev calls it “the dark age” and builds some geophysical […]

Fast Backwards

Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 8:31.Reading time 10 minutes.

Time and Tide etc… Quick History Reset and then I can get to the place I’m headed! “Ivan Samuilovich Greig (1776–1802), traveled to China but was never heard of again.” No bloody wonder he got lost, never heard of again. China was jam-packed with Tartars, Turks and Eastern Europeans!! From NC : […]

The Huns

Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 5:53.Reading time 3 minutes.

Raphael’s The Meeting between Leo the Great and Attila depicts Pope Leo I, escorted by Saint Peter and Saint Paul, meeting with the Hun emperor outside Rome To get where I want to be, I’m being forced to Go West – Backwards. From China to Eastern Europe. From NC: The “ancient” Chinese Hungarians. The nation of the Huns was quite prominent […]

Mission Impossible

Monday, 11 November 2019, 14:21.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I literally put my hands over my eyes watching this. I lived in the Burj for a while. 60 somethingth floor. Those windows. In fact — it is the whole “wall.” Had to move the chair way, waaaaaaay back. The London Eye has a “glass” floor. Even BEFORE we got to the top, […]

China

Monday, 11 November 2019, 12:48.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A couple of days ago, I was handed a cryptic clue. Aha – thought I. I Can Do That :o) I think I may/might/could’ve solved it. But I didn’t expect to go via China. Or get tangled in Ancient vs Modern Chinese glyphs and phonetics! Did you know? Yao-Su-Mu means Joseph (?) Kol-Li-Chi-Sy […]

Columbus, Cathar, Templar, Genoa and More.

Friday, 8 November 2019, 10:44.Reading time 1 minute.

All in one single paragraph. From AMP : On the other hand, it does make sense that Columbus represents the Genoese and/or Catalan authority of the Order of the Temple of Solomon (which until now has been the main maritime authority of the military arm, as evidenced by the paintings of the discovery and world […]

I AM Bovvered

Wednesday, 6 November 2019, 13:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What is Corned Gunpowder? Never heard of it before and it’s bothered me all morning. Enter the fount of all whatever… Wiki : Gunpowder Oooh Kaaay. Clear as mud. More research needed.

Ottoman Seapower and Naval Technology during Catherine II’s Turkish Wars 1768-1792

Tuesday, 5 November 2019, 8:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Mmmmn! I’m having a Clutter Clearing day today. Out, out, damn BS. Ottoman Seapower and Naval Technology during Catherine II’s Turkish Wars 1768-1792

Owl of Athena

Monday, 4 November 2019, 16:58.Reading time less than 1 minute.

5 to 5 here. Dark. And the owls are calling. I just heard ’em. Wiki : Owl of Athena

La Terra Á Piatta

Monday, 4 November 2019, 14:21.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Family Globe Busting in Bella Italia. Oh. YES. Molto Bene :o)

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.