Tiger Balm & Whitechapel

Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 16:03.Reading time 1 minute.

OK So. I’ve done MANY weirdo connections but this is one of my faves :o) I was born in Singapore and grew up with Tiger Balm. Cut your leg – TB/Headache – TB/Split Lip – TB/Having a HissyFit – TB/Bellyache – TB/Arm fallen off – TB When I went (back) to Singapore a few years […]

The Skip Bin and the Busted Mattress

Monday, 18 May 2020, 16:45.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OK. I lied. My BAD ‘Snot Goodnight. Someone is being AN ESSENTIAL worker. Somewhere on the highways and byways of Lincolnshire. YET another meal fluffing ruined !!!!!!! P.S. Do NOT put a skip ANYWHERE that has public access. Been there. Done that. Watched the thieves ducking/diving & thieving. Better viewing than anything on the BBC […]

The Demeter : Wrecked at Whitby

Monday, 18 May 2020, 15:49.Reading time 1 minute.

OMG – I HATE this film. OMG – Whitby is not soooo far away that I can’t visit. OMG – Something is being wrecked in a storm vibe. OMG – If y’all’ve read, ingested Bram Stoker’s Dracula and done the amount of Hidden History RESEARCH that I’ve done….y’all’ll understand EXACTLY what I’m saying. If not […]

The TRUTH is Ugly

Monday, 18 May 2020, 14:23.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Once again, I’m forced outta the pit of despair into the light of comedy. Eric. Ernie. Des. A LONG running gag and mayhap a LESSON to all who take THEMSELVES a Wee Bitty Too Seriously :o)

Stopped In MY Tracks

Sunday, 17 May 2020, 9:43.Reading time 1 minute.

Oh. PishPosh! I had sooooo many plans for today. After walking (yes, walking) through a part of the hedge and finding that it was actually dead and easy to pull up, I made a secret opening, right under the huge hazelnut tree, from here to the gooseberry and currant bushes. Woohooo! Today, I’m hacking back, […]

Victor Meldrew Sets Down the SNOBS!

Saturday, 16 May 2020, 16:02.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I was looking on yt for the scene where Patrick sits down on the cork from Pippa’s much needed bottle of wine…which he stole. And then Pippa has to extract said cork from…………………OK. TMI But I got this instead. Maybe a better scene. And one that I LOVE. All Hail Any Victor Meldrew, The Crimson […]

Heroes & Villians

Saturday, 16 May 2020, 15:24.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This episode of Only Fools starts with “Rodney Trotter’s Bad Dream.” Watch the whole thing. Batman & Robin Vibe :o)

Chain Mail Jewellery

Saturday, 16 May 2020, 12:40.Reading time 1 minute.

OK. First it was the pesky nettles. Now it’s the rambling rose bushes. I’m injured and a bit hurty so…time to come inside and read. Much safer :o) As I was looking through my library room for something completely different, I stumbled across this book above. OMG. I’d totally forgotten that I used to make […]

Earl Grey Tea

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 17:10.Reading time 1 minute.

Fluff off Your SirShip, PM, Charles Grey. You had NOTHING to do with this!!!! As a teenager, BFF and I house-sat for her aunt in St John’s Wood, London. BEST TIMES. She brewed me Earl Grey Tea. Love at first taste. To this day, that tea (and yes, I’m a peasant. I have it with […]

Only Fools : Why Bovver?/Why Ask?

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 15:31.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Bloody women :o(

Back to the Past : The Chain

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 12:26.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Giddy :o) I’ve said already that I’ve never been a MacWood Fleet “fan.” But – for some inexplicable reason – I know a little too many of their toons. Shrug. I’ve just had a timely reminder from way-back-when (TY) about this song. Did I say GIDDY/Smiley/Happy AF?

It’s Been a While : Revisiting Billy

Thursday, 14 May 2020, 10:30.Reading time less than 1 minute.

And an x-rated version of how stories were told to me in my childhood ;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.