Rotten Borough

I missed a BB link :o( I’m a missing link? Anyhoo. Found it. Watched it. Govern – ment(als).  My cray, cray brain immediately thought of the Rotten Borough Election Results. Go figure!    

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Ley Lines – GB 12th June 2019

There is someone on yt who is a V ery BAD (good?) influence on me. Re – tards? Re – wind? Re – peat? Mercury Re – trograde? Re – post? Re – try? Re – connect?   Ley Lines – GB 12th June 2019    

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Pipers – Red Hot

OK. The silly are getting just pathetically sillier BUT… …the Brave are getting Braver?? We Will Rock Scotland :o)

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Iago

I keep hearing the wonderfully, gorge – ee- lishus Ken Bran spouting Iago lines. You know – that sweet but poisonous voice that whispers exactly what you think you want to hear. Oh. Yet. Iago. Iago. You are nothing but a goodly rotten trickster :o)  

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The Scoundrels Dictionary

The Scoundrel’s Dictionary, the anonymous 18th century pamphlet, has amused me for a few years now but it is quite hard to read in the original type-setting. Too many OLDE WORLDE confusions of S and F. Anyway, in this monograph I have modernised much of the original 18th century spelling and included several annotations to, […]

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And ALWAYS…

…at MY back. Stands a little Irish angel called Dolores. TY. Forever, lass :o)  

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Weave a Garland of My Vows

The title of my novel is a deliberate mis-quote of a Richard Crashaw poem. I explained this in May 2009   Wishes to His (Supposed) Mistress    And I might’ve/could’ve said before that my fave poet is a homie. Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Born a handful of miles from here. And my fave Tennyson poem is […]

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No Fear, Shakespeare

Present fears are less than horrible imaginings Macbeth? Go, Trinity. Go onwards and upwards and sideways and……. NO FEAR Love a fleur de lys – which in real life is the IRIS. Mind. Body. Soul. The Trinity. Said that before to FEB. Sigh.M’eh. I’m EVIL (?)  

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Amelia Fiona “Minnie” Driver

I used to live a hop and a skip away from Petersfield. And when I was there, I knew that Ms Driver was “connected” with the town. Wiki : Minnie  Aha! Being a peasant, I’d not heard of…   Wiki : Bedales   BTW – Petersfield had/has the BEST second hand bookshop EVERS. With the […]

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Deny Everything

I truly, really loved X-Files. I had a Thang for David. Or maybe Anglo/American Gillian (work that 1 out) Anyways. Wasn’t there. Didn’t see. Didn’t hear. I DENY EVERYTHING Apart from Phil :o) Tell ME the Legends of Long Ago? Oscar Wilde quote : “I have nothing to declare except my genius.”      

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