13th March 2019

Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 17:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Another re-wind/re-peat. TARTARIA, MUD FLOOD AND RUSSIAN BOTS I am NOT into Public Dissing. It goes against my nature. But when y’all Piss ME Off, y’all will get ALL of my Scottish, Scandinavian, English, Russian ancestors up the wazoo. Not Matter How Much It HURTS ME!!!!!!!! Meanwhile: Back in France…

Women Warriors. Viking. Celt & Celt (?)

Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 13:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

1st August 2019 MARIE – Swedish Eddi – Scottish Dolores – Irish

And ALWAYS…

Monday, 24 February 2020, 18:09.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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

Deny Everything

Friday, 21 February 2020, 16:45.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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.”

Dolores – LIAR – The Song Sidhe Co-Wrote

Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 16:52.Reading time 2 minutes.

My little Irish Angel speaketh….LOTS! Keep on, keeping on LIARS :o) Liar The Cranberries Say it if you want to and say it if you will But if you don’t say what you are thinkin’ No, I won’t take too kindly to it. And all I want is something special, And you can’t give […]

Dolores – OH – Vision

Saturday, 15 February 2020, 12:50.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m lovin’ Angels instead (!)

I Have a Theory!

Wednesday, 12 February 2020, 6:37.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve been thinking lots about that camel that mysteriously appeared in Ireland via Scotland in the first half of the 12th century. My theory is – maybe if Doggerland WAS real and Ireland WAS connected to mainland Britain and Scandinavia WAS ALSO connected to the above as well as Europe – then a camel in […]

Edgar – King of Scotland

Tuesday, 11 February 2020, 17:19.Reading time 1 minute.

Edgar was certainly not heir by primogeniture, as later kings would be, since Duncan II had a legitimate son and heir in the person of William fitz Duncan.[7] With Donald and Edmund removed, however, Edgar was uncontested king of Scots, and his reign incurred no major crisis. Compared with his rise to power, Edgar’s reign is obscure. One […]

SHILLELAGH

Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 17:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Check it out ? ? I grew up with one. That is how I know what they are. A miniature one. That followed us from home to home. Hanging there. On the wall. Right in front of my eyes. One of my Dad’s childhood gifts. Gordon Bloody Bennett. I am Soooooooo Slow. I’ve only JUST […]

Dubh Linn

Tuesday, 21 January 2020, 11:55.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Do any of you fake HISTORIANS out there know that this is the Irish Gaelic name for Dublin? Or that it means Black Pool? Or that it was the place of choice for the Vikings to moor their longboats? Or that it got its name from the underlying peat? And cue – my fave […]

Two Instances of “Crow”: A Cultural Study of Irish Mythology and Intertextuality in “The Dead.”

Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 10:47.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The Morrígan as Battle Crow I have this hard and fast rule in my life. When I am given a gift – whether I want/need it – I always smile and say Thank You. My gift today. :o) Thank you, Research Gift Givers. Much wanted AND needed Two Instances of “Crow”: A Cultural Study […]

Dancing in the Moonlight

Saturday, 4 January 2020, 16:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’d’ve sold an organ or three to see Phil live. Too late now :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.