Little Drummer Girl

Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into ‘the theatre of the real’ by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. The Little Drummer Girl is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our […]

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Gallowglass

My turn now after nearly 3 years of TORTURE. I’m calling in mine own. The gallowglass were from the western coast of Scotland, principally Argyll and the Western Isles.[2] Their weapon of choice was a battle axe, but claymores were not uncommon.  The gallowglasses (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from Irish: gall óglaigh meaning foreign warriors) were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of […]

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Roses for Chocolate Cake

She’s so sweet. The Harlow Carr roses in my veg patch are beginning to bloom. They have the most glorious, heady scent ever. She phones me…I’ve just made a Chocolate Chip Sponge Cake from our chickens’ eggs. So many eggs every day now that the kids are away. Can I bring it round for you […]

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Talkin’ ’bout A Revolution

Knights in Shining Armour…my behind! Knights in PPE saved me today. Long story. Car locked me out for no reason whatsoever. Sun blazing, me walking the nearly 2 miles home…mostly uphill, praying for a helping hand because I had ZERO idea what to do. Police? Pay for Emergency Vehicle Rescue? Cry? DahDahDaaaaah: around the corner […]

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Neneh Cherry

Cherry was born as Neneh Mariann Karlsson in Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of Monika “Moki” Karlsson (1943–2009), a Swedish painter and textile artist, and the musician Ahmadu Jah (1936–2018). Jah was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, the son of a tribal chief, and went to Stockholm to study engineering at university. Cherry’s parents separated early and her mother married […]

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Sutton Place, Dinah Lampitt

Another done that! Dinah Lampitt/Deryn Lake has been a favourite author of mine for decades. We connected via FB years ago when I posted the images posted here. No Widgets found in the Sidebar Alt! AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH,  ASTROLOGY,  BEAUTIFUL,  BOOKS,  DID YOU KNOW?,  DINAH LAMPITT,  FRIENDS Deryn Lake/Dinah Lampitt : Virgo Rising Thursday, 3 September 2020, 14:58 I […]

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Happy Birthday, Little Brother x

In honour of my youngest brother. On his birthday. How I miss his natural, uncontrollable, spontaneous, infectious giggle! Beanz, Beanz are good for the heart The more you eat the more you…… Oh. I’ve said too much :o(

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Advanced Warning : Dangerous Brian Incoming

Eeeek! Lock & Bar the doors. My own personal DB is planning a visit to us. From Wales. He’s one of my fave people in the world. Not allowed out of Wales ? Watch me and KMA. He has always been my go to in the 3D. Last time he was here he saw my […]

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Some Of Us Are BORN REJECTS

But… I was so lucky to have gone to school with people just like me. We often shared a MASS detention together for being #BADTOTHEBONE. Write I am a Reject 100 times meant sellotaping 6 pens together and writing that in 2 minutes flat! One of them (in her 50’s…aaaargh. Ancient Crow) still has cropped […]

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TFAYCD

JIM The first #male friend that I let my Mum meet. She was dazzled by him….The silver-tongued, quick-witted, entertainer, manager-in-charge of my local theatre dude. Sheesh. And yes. He was never more than a friend who I went to school with and who used to lighten up my life. Even when we didn’t agree :o) […]

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Astrology : Libra Full Moon

Please excuse my cuss word…ASTROLOGY! For the 33rd (?) time, I am Sagittarius Sun, Libra Moon, Virgo Rising and Venus in Scorpio. Which makes me everyone’s worst nightmare. FACT! By the way. I didn’t begin to learn astrology until a beautiful friend told me my placings when I was in my 20’s. Which means that […]

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