“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.”
Or as he’s called chez moi – Seen Bean. Tho’ I really quite like him. A bit. Now. My boys pointed this fact out to me. And I can’t disagree. Just about every “role” Sean Bean plays in film…he ends up dead! Dead Man Filmstar? Never having watched GoT – though youngest boy keeps INSISTING […]
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Same page ? And not a Martin or Tolkien one. Gotta love a Myth and a Legend. TY SintA ;o)
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I hope you are ALL in voice! Wolves HOWL Dogsies Woof (?!) My gorgeous GSD, Tsar, is as close to a wolf as a pet gets. My first GSD used to howl at the ice cream van. Go figure!
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And there was me, hoping to take a long weekend off to go and do something completely mindless and frivolous. Sigh! The Russian Influence on the Ottoman Empire
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Sent to me by Jordan Tabov from NC. My thanks, as always :o) Historians Admit To Inventing Ancient Greeks Now. Who would have thought that, eh?
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do something vigorously or without restraint. “the brass sections let rip with sheer gusto” express oneself vehemently or angrily. “Charlie felt he had suffered enough insults and suddenly let rip” T’internet. T’Laptop. T’time is against me. Besides – there’d be far too many expletives to delete! Today’s gift is too big to share. So I’ll […]
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If you were paying attention (?) I have original copies of all these volumes by Madame de M. Hint – Savage Magnificence They were invaluable to me when I wrote Weave a Garland of my Vows. Check out this Madame. And her mother. And Marie de Rohan and Anne of Austria. And the House of […]
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Well. TY sooooooo much YT for ensuring that this is STILL … The lesson always repeated but never learned. The Abused will STILL be abused. The Abusers will STILL profit from their own personal vanity/ego/greed/self-absorption/entitlement. This blog was NEVER about ME. ME. ME. It’s always been about History and the cycles of Time. Shit […]
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Oh. My. Giddy. Aunt. I’m sooooo loving this gift. :o) Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU! Ferenc Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld and his wife, Ecsedi Báthory Erzsébet Anyone???? A SAVAGE MAGNIFICENCE: OTTOMANIZING FASHION AND THE POLITICS OF DISPLAY IN EARLY MODERN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE
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The Morrígan as Battle Crow I have this hard and fast rule in my life. When I am given a gift – whether I want/need it – I always smile and say Thank You. My gift today. :o) Thank you, Research Gift Givers. Much wanted AND needed Two Instances of “Crow”: A Cultural Study […]
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Researched it for years. Executions etc. l’Hôtel de Ville etc. Visited it several times. Anyhoo. Less about me. Something about “history.” Just too delicious to ignore Vibe :o)
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Hidden History Research 