Who Killed Kirsty MacColl?

There is not a day that passes when I’m not STUNNED by mine own ignorance! I’d never realised just how much of an influence Kirsty had been on me. GB 4th July 2019 : Eddi and Kirsty I soooo love this song! And I had no idea that KMac was a backing singer for Simple […]

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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)

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Kings of the Wild Frontier

There are SOME to whom I can return again and again in sure and certain knowledge that they will NEVER let me down :o) ‘s rìoghail mo dhream Royal is my Race. Clan MacGregor – A Wild Nobility ? ? ? A new Royal Family, a wild nobility, we are the familyA new Royal Family, a wild […]

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Dr Who vs Outlander

In the UK Outlander, Book 1, was called Cross Stitch. I still have the original copy that I bought in Salisbury. This book led me to someone who is still a close friend. And she will know this FACT as well as I do. Outlander/Cross Stitch started (or was inspired by) Jamie MacCrimmon from Dr […]

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Aldous Huxley

Yeh. Yeh. I hear y’all shouting…GB’s talking about Brave New World! WRONG. Only an Obsessive, Compulsive Researcher of HISTORY (esp. 17th C history) knows about THIS book by Aldous. Grey Eminence It informed a Massive part of Marie’s story. And gave me the nickname that l’éminence grise gave to Richelieu. And just how much power […]

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Brooke Makenna

Because of past experiences of posting yt chans that I watch…I’ve hesitated to share Brooke’s videos. But – I’ve been watching her for about two months now. Catching up, WOW! She is prolific. And beautiful. And does her research. Of all her vids, this one has intrigued the most. The only one that I feel […]

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Highlands & Islands

I love that phrase. And I know someone (with more Scandinavian DNA than me) who has a far greater knowledge of the Isles than I do! Slàinte mhath, fellow Outlander :o) One day we may get to The Orkneys and the King, Hereafter.

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New Years Eve : 2018

GB : 31/12/2018 FEB aka Martin Liedtke will have NO memory of it being ME who sent him the video link to Chinese mummies wearing Tartan. January 2019 – FEB used that video in one of his vlogs. Without accreditation. Without naming his source. AS IF HE had made that discovery (?!) Fast Forward to […]

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The Line, the Cross and the Curve

Aidepikiw : The Line, the Cross and the Curve The comment above made me LOL. Then BARF. How Utterly. Completely. Totally. Sick are these beings? ? ? Check out FEB’s fave Tavistock Witch and ask yourself one q WHO HAS PROGRAMMED WHOM? FFS! P.S. Miranda Richardson played Queenie (Betty 1) in Blackadder ?

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Enter Two Gardeners

This was the last episode of Rosemary and Thyme (weep) I post it for a very special friend :o)

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