“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.”
It was only days ago that I was told about Jack Ramsay – Royal Marine. I had no idea. Oh. Yet another reason to love that Gobshite Scot, GR. My Dad joined at 14. My brother joined at 17. My husband did the full course at 24. Mum, Dad, Chris and I went down to […]
I’m usually willing to listen for 20 minutes to get a fair assessment of the content. But after nearly 3 years – 11 seconds is now my new limit. P.S. And that’s 11 seconds more than I give to the other two :o) #BeGrateful
Over two years later and you are STILL getting served Orphan Trains, Gallica, Ancient Photographs, Phoenicians, Cracked Bells, Tartary, Star Forts, Religion, Mud Flood, Fishy History, Antiquitech, Circuit Cities, Giants, Red Brick Buildings, the 1850’s RESET, any city in the east ending with Stan….and on and on and zzzz! Once more. Same as before. Bland. […]
A MAN after Midnight? There’s not a soul out there No one to hear my praaaaaaaayer GimmeGimmeGIMME…….. two hot water bottles and good audiobook on my ipad and a whole night of uninterrupted sleep. My kids are way over 21 and don’t need me every hour on the hour. Why do You? A MAN? With […]
After Richard Burton comes Ken Bran. After KB is Michael Fassbender. Two films that I’ve seen with MF. Quentin Tarantino (hang on)……Inglorious Basterds. Was Michael the character who gave them all away with the 3 fingers? I need to rewatch. Also – After The Funeral with David Suchet as Poirot. Gimme a minute to recover […]
WRF The image above is a very bad picture of my front room. Shrug. I’m blaming my tools! The focus is the picture straight ahead. A William Russell Flint print that I’ve spent half a day trying to find on the internet. I started collecting his prints when I was in my late 20’s. This […]
OK. So, peeps. Just HOW MANY TIMES do you have to be slapped in the face before you finally understand why your face hurts like hell? How many times ? The definition of INSANITY? Doing the SAMEold, SAMEold and STILL expecting a different outcome. WTF is wrong with peeps? I’m beyond the beyond the stunned. […]
If you know the legend of Robin Hood or The Merry Wives of Windsor, you’ll know about Herne the Hunter. There is an old tale goes, that Herne theHunter(sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest)Doth all the winter-time, at still midnightWalk round about an oak, with great ragg’d horns;And there he blasts the tree, and […]
The image above is my family flag/standard. I’m done with the mundane. Day in. Day out. Once more. Same as before. I have standards. They are planted on top of mountains. Very High Up. Do you have standards? And more important – How High Do YOUR Soul Standards fly?