“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.”
Oh. Revelation. Trying to find a pic on the internet to show beggars in Karachi, I had to trawl through all the professional beggar images first. This reminded me of all the research that I’ve done into the history of the poor. Especially the Cour des Miracles in Paris in the 17th c. I almost […]
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That’s it. Drastic means call for drastic measures. I have a few bowls of homemade pot pourri about the house. The one in the hallway is the biggest. About a foot wide. An old Victorian Butter Bowl. Things that I have found in my creative creations over the years : Dead batteries. Dog Fluff. Handbags. […]
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Because I have no time right now to trawl through thousands of pages of handwritten notes and hundreds of books Anne of Austria’s Opulent Bathroom Cardinal Richelieu’s SECRET librarian who plundered books from all over that now lie in reverence in MAJOR French libraries P.S. The Palais Cardinal/Royale in Paris is amazeballs :o)
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The F1RST time that I met and watched Alexandra do this – she was 16. Too young to serve behind her parents bar as Victoria (lead) and Elizabeth (bass) could do! SIXTEEN YEARS OLD! And a girlie? More fake tools exposed. More fake drummers. More fake Mods. More fake Punks. More FAF Con – Trollers. […]
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Ooodly. Ooodly. Oooh. Wah.Wah.Wah. Ooodly. Ooodly. Oooh. Wah.Wah.WAH. Just MY humble opinion but… …the GOOD never stood a chance with the BAD and the UGLY up their trumpet. Sad but true :o(
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…MY name is STILL poison :o( I can’t even login to LR to watch Rose/IckeIII. Maybe y’all can. I hope so :o) Rose/IckeIII.
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We used to have two double-barrel shotguns in the house. All locked up and licensed. But a couple of years back when a man with a clipboard came round the house to check said FIREARM security – we made a Very Stupid Mistake. (Private Family History Stuff.) And mentioned the Black Rats as the UK […]
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Several people have tried to connect to MY Patreon account. Sorry but… …as stated several times last August – My only source of potential income got hacked and destroyed. You can start here with : GB : 27th Aug 2019 More stuff happened then too. Blanket banned was little old me :o(
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OK. If I didn’t love this woman so much I’d have a huge falling out with her! I’ve now started shouting at Sarah through the TV. WHAT? All my faves in one recipe? How very dare you!! Feta. Olives. Cherry tomatoes. Capers. Olive oil. Thyme. And pitta bread. OH. And to makes things worse, milady. […]
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Mmmmmmn! I grew up watching Baz Rath Sherlock Holmes. My fave film with him and Nigel Bruce has always been….see below. But when my youngest was in hospital, way back, I read the original short story. The 5 Orange Pips. The two could NOT be more different. Thanks UnHolyWood. NOT :o(
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Dear Reader, Please let me introduce you all to the wall that broke me this morning! There’s a huge comfy armchair in front of the very-out-of-tune piano right now, said piano, and an unreachable corner FULL of pesky cobwebs. I lost this battle :o( P.S. And I missed a trick too. I should’ve shouted – […]
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At 8am this morning, I had a clever brainwave. Aha! I’ll go to Tesco NOW and beat the stupid stand 2m apart queue. Ooops. Forgot it was Friday when most people do their whole weekly shop (especially when they’ve just been paid.) So. A chore that, on a good day, can take me there, whizz […]
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