Dagnabbit & Darn : Deuce

Ooooh. The youngster well and truly got me today! Sunday morning. 8 am. Local shop. My young friend/shop assistant saw me and shouted…Who sang Moon River? Not : Hi. How are you, Jackie? I said, Oh Bloody hell. He reckoned Audrey Hepburn but was unsure because that made no sense. I said, Satchmo. Big bloke. […]

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8/8 : Lion’s Gate

I’ve been doing this for a while now…here. AND (OMGiddyAunt) a New Moon in Leo tonight also. We are in PREMIER LEAGUE energy right now. And don’t I know it. My brand new, old/reconditioned Windows/MS laptop has just set itself to Flight Mode aka No Internet connection and refuses to let go. And my mac, […]

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The Devils of Loudun

I have this book. I KNOW I have this book. And I read it as part of my research for Weave a Garland. Can I find it ? No. I bought and read it for one reason only. Wat Montagu, Marie de Rohan’s best friend, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham’s spy and one of my […]

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Hamstrung

That’s whats happened to me. HAMSTRUNG. CRIPPLED. STFU, GB’d But it’s a method that is as ancient as ancient. Horses were often hamstrung…”Rendering chariot horses lame by hamstringing is mentioned in the Bible, called “houghing” in the King James Version, from an old spelling of hock. In times of war, the use of hamstringing enemy’s horses prevented the horses from being used […]

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Gallowglass

My turn now after nearly 3 years of TORTURE. I’m calling in mine own. The gallowglass were from the western coast of Scotland, principally Argyll and the Western Isles.[2] Their weapon of choice was a battle axe, but claymores were not uncommon.  The gallowglasses (also spelled galloglass, gallowglas or galloglas; from Irish: gall óglaigh meaning foreign warriors) were a class of elite mercenary warriors who were principally members of the Norse-Gaelic clans of […]

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