“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.”
I don’t think that I have ever truly revealed this before but… … I chose the image for my novel with great deliberation after learning about this major ART controversy decades ago. Diego Velázquez painting – And the ART vs HISTORY collision came from – I feel that this is a portrait of Marie. She WAS […]
Sad Cypress is a wonderful Poirot book by Agatha Christie. It begins with the quote : “Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid.” From whence cometh this quote? And why “sad” cypress? Well. Sad because : Cypress Wood used to be used to make coffins. And………..Check out 12th Night by […]
I remember watching this film and feeling sick to my stomach. Wes Craven – I have his books but can’t read them – is responsible for THIS film. Yup. I get the subliminal message about Judas Iscariot #BetrayedHIM #30Piecesofsilver #Guilt #HangedHimself. but…But…BUT…to make Judas into Vlad Țepeș is SICKSICKSICK. And……………………………………………………!
Is this POETRY on POETS Day? I think it is. BEWARE : Another Miss Woodhouse English Literature book we teenagers were FORCED to read for our Edu-ma-cation. WOW! That’ll be about 1,000 decades since I last read Dylan Thomas. NO FEAR, GB. We now have YT and Richard Burton’s VOICE preserved for posterity….or until ‘t’internet […]
MUCH as I love, adore…secret XYZ-rated thoughts…Ken Bran, I’m less than impressed with this upcoming film. This is (right now…things change) my FAVE Poirot story. Egypt. Murder. And a crazy woman who shares my name (!!!) Sigh. Not even KB, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders can save a film with Russell Brand in. POUT.
If you’ve been here from the beginning, you may know that I have my own opinions about “Gypsies.” MY thoughts and opinions come from KNOWING, talking to, Real Romany Gypsies who can trace their families back many generations. I’ve always had a great deal of respect for them. I told a story recently about someone […]
…said my brain! Oh. Really? A week and a day later and I’ve got to page 21 of the book I started reading in a car park last week. It’s already covered in sticky notes – the last one on Page 20 says Question THIS Assumption. Stupid brain. The author is brilliant but I disagree […]
Don’t Stop Me Now……GO AWAY, FREDDIE :o) Every Day – Slime in this Ear. Slime in that Ear. JUST STOP TALKING! P.S. That’s my fave Eddie Hitler phrase. When ever I say it, peeps KNOW that I mean JUST STFU OR ELSE! Day In. Day Out. #WHY?
I’m checking out something else (as tasked) and come across THIS www BS. Excuse Me? What? May I humbly request that my name NEVER, EVER be publicly linked with The Celtic Tartarian Channel ? I have ZERO links with Martin Liedtke or FEB or ANYTHING associated with anything to do with these channels! ZERO LINKS! […]