Holodomor

Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 16:51.Reading time 1 minute.

Wiki : Holodomor My Brillopads weekend guest from Wales has just left chez moi. He’s a walking, talking encyclopedia of 20th century “War” history and has spent two days telling me about his trip, late last year to Chernobyl, and the Holodomor and the museum he visited and the women (all Middle-aged/Old) who were DESPERATE […]

Twisted History

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 16:37.Reading time less than 1 minute.

But I thought Tamar had saved Andronicus I Comnenus’ son and grandsons and helped them set up the Empire of Trebizond… after his brutal execution in 1185. Because they were Blood Family. Shrug!

Militant Millie/ Millie Tant

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 12:17.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve rarely been given a “nickname” (at least not one that any would dare tell me) but when I worked for the “boys” at the CPU, they called me Militant Millie. No idea why! Anyways – this paragraph here kinda/sorta riles me (!?!) And yes. It was written by a male

David IV the Builder

Friday, 3 January 2020, 16:40.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oh, bollocks. Pardonez Moi No matter how hard, painful, destructive the yadayada BS. I just can’t stop truthing. Or NOT doing as I’m “supposed.” My BAD :o( Anyhoo – let’s go back. Way way waaaaaay back (so last year. Tut) To….. Via Wiki : Bagrationi dynasty To meet a David. Haunted by David […]

Black Panther

Friday, 20 December 2019, 8:01.Reading time 3 minutes.

I knew there was something much deeper in the 12th C Georgian poem that I’m so obsessed with right now. It’s called The Man in the Black Panther’s Skin. Two little known facts : The poet is connected very strongly with Empress Tamar. Tamar is also called the King of Georgia. Shapeshifter vibe? Written […]

Georgia may Rewrite History of Written Language

Friday, 20 December 2019, 6:45.Reading time 5 minutes.

I came across this article a couple of days ago. Very interesting! 23 AUGUST, 2015 – 21:44 MARK MILLER 7th century BC inscription in Georgia may rewrite history of written language Archaeologists working at the ancient site of Grakliani Hill in Georgia have found inscriptions that may date back 2,700 years—well before the […]

Prose Poem

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 12:39.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The illustration above comes from the original epic poem (which is really prose) that I’m reading now. I have Never come across this before but it is a beautiful gift that’s a bit (!) addictive :o) The TBR pile just fell over. M’eh! The poem, strangely enough, is not set in Georgia, but in […]

A Poem from the Golden Age

Thursday, 19 December 2019, 7:25.Reading time 3 minutes.

These are the first lines of an epic 12th century Georgian poem. Mmmmmn! There was in Arabia Rostevan, a king by the grace of God, happy, exalted, generous, modest, lord of many hosts and knights, just and gracious, powerful, far-seeing, himself a peerless warrior, moreover fluent in speech: No other child had the king […]

Family Tree – Royal House of Georgia

Tuesday, 5 March 2019, 8:50.Reading time 1 minute.

Why Georgia? Aha! This family is something of a missing link in the unfolding of the events of 12th century Constantinople. David IV (the Builder,) his son and his grand-daughter all presided over what is called the Georgian Golden Age. In The Georgian Chronicles of Kartlis Tskhovreba (A History of Georgia) – these rulers are […]

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.