Pedantic Pronunciation Day : Menzies
A good old Scottish name. Also Stewart (one of my brothers’ middle name) – Stuart is the FRENCH spelling! Who Inspired James Bond ? P.S. NOT a fan of Dan Snow aka HistoryHitTV. Yuk :o(
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The Quiet Man
It is a Very long time since I watched this film. Maureen O’Hara was a Dublin girl who became famous. This is the Irish Gaelic scene from The Quiet Man translated above. This is the “Greatest Guy” John Wayne Ever Knew :o)
Read MoreThe PURGE vs THE Purge
Crying your eyes out is NOT a good look to carry :o( I’d’ve never chosen to watch this film but last year we had Netflix fans staying and I gave one of them full control of the Telly Box. WE HAD to watch this film. I’ll never watch it again. For me it is the […]
Read MoreOUBLIER : To FORGET
Wow. I can still conjugate my French verbs? Who’d’ve thunk? Truth be told – I’ve just cheated. LOL :o) Oubliette is…a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling. Just imagine it. Get a good mental picture of what it would be like inside this Medieval Torture Chamber – Out of Sight/Out […]
Read MoreHow To StoryBoard (?)
From day 1 this website has been mine own day-by-day, In Real Life StoryBoard. I had a set of projects to do. And – right from the outset – I admitted that I had NO IDEA how it would all fit together. But I KNEW that it would. I am a writer who has spent […]
Read MoreBarbarian (?) Viking NORTHMEN
I am totally in love with this series. And the way the presenter presents each show. His enthusiasm is infectious :o) I might have a very different view on the “timeline” but that doesn’t stop my enjoyment…not least because I always learn something new! The scene with him in the LongBoat wearing the Viking Horned […]
Read MoreTELL Me Sweet Little Lies
Carry On ?
Read MoreHeavy Lies the Crown V S “Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears a Crown”
Henry IV, Part 2 – anyone? Yet another twofer. Bored yet ? ? ? BTW – I was called out on FB once for fancying “pretty boys.” TRUE!
Read MoreForged in Ulster
Now – is that Forged as in “copied illegally?” Or Forged as in – Made by Fire? There are MANY things that can be copied Illegally. But NOT – MY Voice, MY DNA, MY Parents, MY Ancestral History, MY research. Or MY LIFE EXPERIENCE! I’ve lived in Ulster twice. And LOVE this accent. So close […]
Read MoreOrlando Furiouso
I’ve always loved the title of this poem :o) It’s about Swords and Sorcery and Carlos Magnus/Charles the Great/Charlemagne. So much to do, so little time – this came as a side-note to my recent research and I’ve yet to fully figure out why. Could it be the Canto below? ? ? Roland, who long […]
Read MoreRemembering Miss Woodhouse
She was our English Language/Literature teacher – way back when. Poor woman. She must’ve been in her early/mid 20’s when she encountered our class! OMG…and she had a temper. I remember the time she broke into Middle English, reciting Chaucer to a group of 11/12 years olds and we all tittered mightily. Our bad :o( […]
Read MoreUnderground Labyrinthine Tunnels
Why are spies called Moles? And yes…they probably do spend time underground entering and exiting buildings via tunnels but not much time. Humans need sunlight to survive! When we stop looking at Underground/Tunnel/Labyrinth in their literal meanings – a whole new view opens up. Historical research is a labyrinthine task. And that Does NOT mean […]
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Hidden History Research 