One Foot in the Algarve
Worse than even I’d ever thought possible. 3rd Filum. #VictorSaveMe?
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2020 : Wales Invades England
OMG. Batten down the hatches. Lock the Doors. Get Prepared, GB. Those crazy Welshies are invading soon! To Do List : CLEAN THE HOUSE! Change all the bed linen. Wash the car (private joke.) Make baked potatoes. Be prepared to watch Netflix. Crank up the Music VIBES. Do NOT even think about SINGING & DANCING!!!! […]
Read MoreICH BIN VON KOPF BIS FUSS AUF LIEBE EINGESTELLT
If you have never watched the film – may I humbly suggest that you watch the original B&W versions of The Blue Angel Der blaue Engel In German or English. They were filmed back to back in 1930 by Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich’s Professor Higgins. The film is based on a 1905 novel called […]
Read MoreSDT aka Sophie Digard Today
As I’m injured mostly on the left side of my body, and I’m right-handed, one of the few things that I can do at the moment is knit and crochet. So…I’m immersing myself in Mademoiselle Sophie’s world. She has been an inspiration for many, many years. But, sacré bleu, she’s elusive! Anyway. I’m feasting my […]
Read MorePOETS Day : But NOT as YOU Know it!
I grew up listening to Pam Ayres’ poems, read in her Fabulous West Country accent. She always makes me smile. TY :o) I’ve done the BIG MEN Poets many a time but today…we have a poetess, poeting about WONDERBRA! Enjoy
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Read MoreGood Riddance
MY Bad. Holding Hands Up :o( When I went on the recent maniacal Clutter Clearing of my computer and yt chans that I’d subbed to for far too long…….. I deleted the/my Boyce. Shame on me. Mad Gangster Angry Keyboard Fingers was ME. So Sorry – Boyce Avenue. Forgive ME ?
Read MoreAlcazaba
A purist would pronounce Alcazaba with a “Castilian Lisp.” It was from watching Agua Cadaver that I found out what an Alca-th-aba really was. And I’ve spent all my visits to Spain in the al-Andalus region…….! Rosemary and Laura are invited to a place near Málaga, Spain to “do-over” the garden of one of Rosemary’s […]
Read MoreNewsflash
As in New. Not done before. I’m giddy, fizzy, dizzy about the singer/poet person. Did you know…Kate wrote this song when she was 13 years old. She recorded it 3 years later. What did she see/feel/know about This Man? Did she also see the amazing, unique, loving, beautiful child behind the MASK? Y’all’ll have to […]
Read MoreWeakest Link : Two for One
F1RST, the brilliant Anne Robinson being very Anne. The S3COND, the delightful Johnny Vegas being QI :o)
Read MoreKissing The Gunner’s Daughter
Verb. kiss the gunner‘s daughter. (archaic, idiomatic, navy) To be flogged or beaten while restrained over a cannon. I’m being kind to myself today. I’m halfway through a list of 50 or so Greek and Roman names that I’m researching (ouch) and have decided to STOP! This story is probably my favourite Ruth Rendell Mystery. Several reasons […]
Read MoreTrafalgar Square
The first time we took the boys here they were very young. About 5/6/7 years old. In those days you could buy a small tub of birdseed for pennies and feed the pigeons. Uuuuuurm. We might’ve spent a very long time there, bankrupting my purse as the kids made friends with just about every pigeon. […]
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