GobSmacked!!
I’ve no idea if this is the actual picture of the actual ship that Wood owned but……….. D’ya see it? Right under the word SCOTTISH ? ? ? Schwooooooon
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Abandonded – Forgotten Scottish Hero
OMGOMGOMGOMG! This is were MY paternal family come from!!!! Same area as Admiral Samuel Greig – the Russian Navy man. Bloody SCOTTISH Sailors. Grrrrrrrr. Haunting me. A beautiful coastline with amazing beaches that I spent soooo many happy hours on as a kid. IwannagoHOME :o(
Read MoreIf THIS Song TRIGGERS U – Your Problem. Not Mine ;o)
Simple Minds The American. That is YOUR problem!!!!! DO NOT shoot the Messenger. She loves you. ‘Rats, lice and Scotsmen, you find them everywhere!’ I know that quote ALL too well and have used it. See below. Below. Below… And – I had great fun writing this scene. With Wat Montagu and Robert Lamont. […]
Read MoreYTMenOnlyClub vs Blog : GB – 14th Aug 2018
And I STILL stand – firm and strong – by every standing by that I’ve ever stood by. Ha! Greta Brookes : The ONE & ONLY Thing
Read MoreA Heartfelt Request to Any of my Female Followers…
…who have actually had a C-Section. Please email me at – gretabrookesauthor@gmail.com With a written account of what – exactly – you went through. From start to finish. My only experience is sharing a room in the hospital with a mother who had had one. I was allowed to go home 3 days later. But […]
Read MoreOh! I do Feel Queer
I WARNED you. Stop it. Serious time. I’m still avoiding the cesarean section Hidden History Research post. Why? Because on this one, I cannot speak from experience. I’ve never had one. Nor have any of the women in my life. I can give you the internet/history story. About Julius and Andronicus and John and Irene […]
Read MoreHo-Day Quiz !
Heracles. Hercules. Hermes. And Ogmios. What’s the link? A golden-tongued messenger with 12 labours who caught the ears of many. I hear the word – Forerunner here. Do you? Answers on a postcard to : P.O. Box WTF is Sidhe talking about?
Read MoreOGMIOS – A Bit of Celtic Myth for St Paddy’s Day
OK. Off the top of my head, with no references… Ogmios is a Celtic God whose words are so sweet and alluring that his tongue is tied by multiple golden chains to the ears of all and everyone who listen to him. Not bad, GB. A+++++++ but still could do a wee bit better! Let’s […]
Read More13 : 31
“As for the unbelievers, because of their misdeeds disaster shall not cease to afflict them or to crouch at their very doorstep until God’s promise be fulfilled. God will not fail His promise.” Anyone know where the above quote comes from? It has been called “a literary masterpiece in its own right.”
Read MoreJohn Law – The 17th Century Moneymaker
Three hundred years ago, a charismatic young gambler and man-about-town with a natural gift for mathematics fled London for the Continent. His name was John Law and he had a good reason to go, having killed a man in a duel. Living off his lucrative winnings at the gaming tables of Europe, Law became increasingly […]
Read MoreSiege of La Rochelle
The Mills of God Grind….Oooops. Done that! Wiki : La Rochelle I researched this inside out, up and down, backwards and forwards. They besieged were forced to boil saddles, eat cats, dogs, rats…Children(?!?) to survive. Ahem. Why? Because Marie de Rohan’s family were half Catholic and half Huguenot. Her uncles were called Soubise and Henri, […]
Read MoreForeShadowing
This was inspired by Mr SitA. TY :o) I’m a WRITER. I write HISFIC novels. I’ve studied both the Art & the Craft of writing. Me, myself and I totally understand FORESHADOWING Definition of Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is a literary device in which a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story. Foreshadowing often appears […]
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