“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.”
I have only had one mentor in my entire life. She was a beautiful American woman….who took the piss outta me something chronic! But she’d always qualify with – I’ve done that/Did that way before you were born/Did that too many times/LOL. Like the time I was stunned when she recommended one her MENTORS to […]
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No matter WHAT! Wiki : 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull Wiki : Computer says NO! We were already in a hotel right beside Heathrow (because of an early morning flight) when this happened and we woke up to the news. What? But? It took about 5 hours to organise everything. No plane? We can drive. We […]
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Putting away my book about Bedlam, I noticed the book above. Aha! Time to get re-acquainted. The Visconti were a fascinating family for many reasons. I came across them whilst researching Jehanne d’Arc. Because Charles d’Orleans’ mother was Valentina Visconti – daughter of the Giangaleazzo of the title. I always place this bunch alongside the […]
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Ages ago, I found my writing side-tracked as I researched 17th century wax masks. It wasn’t wasted and produced a few lines. Little did I know that this subject would still be relevant today. It seems it Always was though? P.S. Pellicule is the French word for Pellicle.
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Wiki : LB And every single Xmas I am tortured with ALL the National Lampoon Films. Yada etc P.S. I’ve talked before about an American who came to my shop and commissioned a HandKnitted Alpaca Sweater. I delivered it MYSELF to him in a hotel in Lincoln. One of his MANY famoose clients was Christie […]
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If you have No Idea about Football. Man U (him) Arsenal (me) nothing here will make sense. Shush. Don’t tell anyone but…I still have a soft spot for Eric Cantona :o) Le Roi, Cantona and his conquest of Manchester Hearts and Minds :o)
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This was the last episode of Rosemary and Thyme (weep) I post it for a very special friend :o)
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The image above is my “Whatev’s. I’ll get back to you when I have time” shelf. Bedlam by Catharine Arnold. ‘Bedlam!’ The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William […]
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Wiki : Ankhesenamun As PUBLICLY stated on yt a few days ago – You A L W A Y S win! So it WAS you who Destroyed your Mother & exiled your Sister, Meritaten! WTF? You really don’t like other women, do you? #TheRoadToHELL
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This is a page from The Romany Rye where George Borrow describes his arrival in town for the Annual Horse Fair. I wonder which inn he is talking about. Most of them are still here. If it was The New Inn – that would be funny. It’s owned by the parents of The Almaboobies now […]
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If you have not read George Borrow’s work, I highly recommend it. I have both the book above and the sequel The Romany Rye. In this second book, Borrow tells the story of how he found himself at the annual Horse Fair that used to be held in town, here. (From the 13th century!) BTW […]
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NOT an Insult to Scousers. THEY have an amazing sense of humour :o)
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Hidden History Research 