“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
The History of Watermarks in Paper is a long one. It’s fascinating and little known about outside of Academia. The process of watermarking paper reached expert levels as far back as the 12th and 13th centuries – mainly in the South of France where the Cathars and Huguenots had to hide their heretical religious leanings. […]
If you’ve never watched Top Gear with Clarkson, May and Hammond – you’ll have no idea who STIG is. He is the quintessential Mystery Man! At around 2:07 mins in this video I recognised a song. Marie Fredriksson vocals are unmistakable. Where to go with this one? OK. A 3fer P.S. WE ALL love Sandwich […]
Fludd (1574-1637) is on MY List. Over 20 years ago he was presented to me as a teacher and influencer of Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Chevreuse Make the links with that one yourselves ? Don’t y’all just love it when multiple paths open up and multiple timelines converge? Shakespeare’s quote is in Agatha Christie’s […]
January 2019 : Tartary – A Modern Hijack Ain’t it grand to be ignored….NOT! Every single person is now an HEXPERT on Tartary. P.S. If y’all EVER see that word in a yt vid or as a FAF yt chan name/commenter………RUN AWAY. Puhlease. For the love of True Truth. I beg you. Please ? Case […]
A soi-disant musician/guitar player/singer – WAY BACK – told me that MY music taste was ECLECTIC. Aka – I liked ALL styles of music no matter what genre. I’d, somehow and without knowing it, offended him deeply for NOT being impressed by him. M’eh. Shrug. Whatever!
MY fave restaurant in Paris. Right round the corner and about a minutes walk from the Place Vendôme, Been there several times. When you treat them with courtesy and respect, the waiters are wonderful. One night the place was full, so me and my partner-in-crime sat outside at a table on the pavement. Being chatted […]
BG I REFUSED to light the wood burner this morning, even though I was COLD! What’s the point of THREE manly men when a girl like me is tasked to clean, forage, gather, light etc every single day of the week? When one of the “men” do it, they channel the Bear Grylls MANLY SAS […]
This is as DARK as I’m willing to go. But it NEEDS to be shown. This is how society has PROGRAMMED society to treat those nice, kind, thoughtful, helpful, empathetic souls amongst us. Those of us who are “SEEN” as weak and pathetic and vulnerable and FOOD for the sick and hungry and evil things […]
JC is a Bad-to-the-Bone Petrol Head. He HATESHATESHATES Electric Cars! MY car needs two new tyres! Donations gratefully accepted! Top Gear Visits Lincoln. D’oh! They decide to film at Brayford Pool. Ooops. I Know this place very well. Walking distance from Lincoln Uni, the Cinema, many fast food places. The MAIN accommodation block for students […]
That’ll be Me, Myself and I. BUT, I’m in good company :o) Ben Jonson wrote the above about Will Shakespeare! I’m teaching myself the Greek Alphabet. F1RST Lesson – Iota, Eta, Sigma, Omicron, Upsilon, Sigma. In Greek Gematria this means 888. Go figure :o)
How many Irish Myths and Legends can be named in just one song? Let’s start with Roisin Dubh, The Black Rose. In centuries past, when England prohibited any mention of this country BY LAW, a very dark red aka Black Rose was a code name for Ireland. Cuchulainn : look him up in Irish mythology. […]
George Orwell is prolly not the first person to ever connect the word/animal SHEEP to the masses who just do as they are told but… Have you read Animal Farm ? ? ? If so – read it again. I will. If not – READ IT! Please :o) Sheeple is such a cliché now that […]