“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.”
Struth! My lot are a bunch of bloody comedians. Laugh a minute here this morning. We can’t do a crossword together ever since that “Fateful” day, a few years back, when the clue was … What flightless bird shares the same name as the New Zealand Rugby Team? And the answer shouted out – quick […]
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If you’ve read the book above…… Midnight is a Lonely Place. Kate Kennedy, intent on finishing her new book on Byron and suffering from the aftermath of an affair, rents a cottage on the bleak Essex coast. But Alison Lindsey, daughter of the people who own it, has been excavating what she thinks is a Roman grave […]
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Dolores, my love. Why today? Why this song? ‘Sbeen a while, lassie. Missed you :o)
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Hands Up. I confess. I started the stupid Name that Tune Game. Whaaaaat? I was pregnant with him the last time I (over) played this album. How? When? What? Ooops………. I LOST :o(
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Bloody Smart Arse kids! What’s for tea, Mum? Pulled pork and Colcannon. Oh. Yes. I remember Cold Cannon. Gritted teeth vibe? Colcannon (IRISH: cál ceannann, meaning “white-headed cabbage”) Mine is mash potato. Sweetheart cabbage. LOTS of pepper and a pinch of salt. A splash of cream and a blob of Salted Irish Butter. P.S. I usually make […]
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Q – Why does Piggy Pork always wiggle his bum at us? Just asking! I much prefer an Arkwright st-st-st-stutter. P.S. Ronnie Barker suggested the Arkwright stutter to the writer. He thought about it. Ronnie did it. Here is the result. CLASSIC – much loved – British Comedy. P.S. When I’m asked a stupid technical […]
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Woah Back. I’m more up-to-date than I thought. The vidja below was uploaded a week ago. Woohooooo! Anyways….If you’ve read/loved/read again M.C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth books, you’ll know ALL about Sonsie. The Highland Wild Cat that he found dying on his doorstep one day. And how he just about bankrupted himself to save Sonsie’s life. […]
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Albert Camus My husband spent six months leading the Close Protection Team for The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Algeria. He was HOUNDED every day by BBC reporters wanting live interviews with him for that day’s daily news. He might’ve been less than polite with every single one of them! Yay :o) PTSD…AGAIN. Booooo :o( […]
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Along with Mum’s Enid Blyton books that I read voraciously as a child in Nan’s home were many others. Including a book of Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy Tales. Seeing the wiki page for HCA – The Little Mermaid and the image above gave me such a jolt. Is this why I […]
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Teutonic/tjuːˈtɒnɪk relating to the Teutons. ARCHAIC denoting the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family. The language of the Teutons. Every Hidden History Research road that I travel always takes me back to the same place :o)
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OMG. Gimme a break. I’m busy cooking. So y’all’ll get two for one here – known in the UK as BOGOF (BOG OFF) – Buy one get one free (?) OH. And Just In Case y’all haven’t work it out yet (?!) This place here is MY website. MY research. MY home. MY work…. And […]
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The above was supposedly written in the 12th/13th century (take your pick!) The below was DEFINITELY written in the 21st century. EURUS’ SONG I that am lost, oh who will find me?Deep down below the old beech tree.Help succour me now the east winds blow.Sixteen by six, brother, and under we go! Be not afraid […]
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