“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.”
Since when did Killarney become a National Park? I’ve read the Annals of Innisfallen. Brian Boru and his grandson Muirchertach Ua Briain must be turning in their graves. Muirchertach Ua Briain had a bit of a tiff with Magnus Barelegs, King of Norway about the title of High King of Ireland. Enter the Ravens of […]
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I was 12 years old when my Mum lent me her copy of the novel Katherine by Anya Seton. We were living here then, and it ignited my interest in local history. From Bolingbroke Castle to Lincoln Cathedral which are about 26 or so miles apart. And it also helped me with the English Royal […]
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I’ve been in such a quandary for the past two years but have found MY solution now. Ravens of Dinefwr was conceived, planned, outlined with a male protagonist/main character and a strict historical storyline. I’ve finally worked out how to reverse this. All the females connected to the males are NOW the focus of the […]
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Am I the only person in the WHOLE WORLD who sees the Mabinogion as a reflection of the House of Comnenus and Tartary? King Arthur? Betrayals? Beheadings? Horses? Celts/Scythians? A Kievan Rus’ from Georgia whom I named Aleksander? The ancient Brythonic Language? The destruction of Welsh Culture and Language? The fact that 12th century Welsh […]
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Watching these kind of programmes fascinate me in so many ways. This Mystery 15th Century House that was dismantled brick by brick is an enigma. I’ve never been to Pembrokeshire but know a little about it through my research into the Ravens of Dinefwr. Nest ferch Rhys was the older sister of Gruffydd and Hywel. […]
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I’m nothing special. But I know how to research history. Cashel is connected to Muirchertach Ua Briain and therefore Magnus Barelegs/Norway/Wales/Dinefwr and the Ravens of Ravens of Dinefwr. I pulled ALL of my original research sources for this (MY) novel in progress…in progress…still in progress from this website. Why? Because about 10 years ago I […]
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It’s mine own fault really :o( For falling madly in love with a Medieval (Viking) Norwegian King called Magnus (Barelegs) Olafsson. You’ve gotta love the name of his sword. When he wasn’t shooting arrows into Norman Earl’s eyes, he was hamstringing his enemies with a weapon called Legbiter. He came back to bite me. Tut. […]
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Mmmn! yt is playing wicked games with me again! I started searching for Lovejoy clips (my ULTIMATE favourite EVER TV show) and The Belly aka Portobello Road. I went there once as a teenager with BFF and she bought me a present that I still have. So. I start watching a today clip of Portobello […]
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Y’all wished GB gone. Poof. Wish granted. HOWZAT? TarTar :o)
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I put a question the other day to the only person that I know who could possibly help me track down a man about whom I’ve found zero info. Not only did I get the much needed answer…..I also got a strange but Wonderful link from my mystery man to the author of The Raven. […]
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One of the characters in Ravens of Dinefwr has been constructed around THIS disgusting energy. The Narc Mother. I have done MY research. Via books. Videos. Comedy. And in Real Life :o(
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I first had homemade gazpacho in Spain when I was 17. And loved it. But that one was very garlicky and had ice cubes in. I’m kind of liking this recipe too. I saw it when first shown on TV but had forgotten – until just now :o) P.S. I’m not, in any way, shape […]
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