Castle of Hunedoara

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 5:21.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oh My Good Grief! I’ve just gone round in a huge loop and come back to where I started. Smacking myself repeatedly about the head :o( Wiki : Castle of Hunedoara

Sara (Stanca) Bulcsesd (Buicescu)

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 4:46.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Make of this what you will. P.S. One day I’ll go to Transylvania and have strong words with these peeps. Making me work soooo hard to uncover their true History. Sheesh. The nerve!!! How Dare They?

The Full Wolf Moon

Thursday, 2 January 2020, 4:11.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’m only doing this here because I know that y’all can keep a secret, So, shush. Mum’s the Word :o) From The Old Farmer’s Almanac : Full Moon January 2020

The Legend of Black Vaughan

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 13:25.Reading time 1 minute.

Hereford’s Diocesan Exorcist must encounter a legacy of evil within the crumbling walls of an old hotel along with memories of murder… ‘Merrily has become an ever more engaging protagonist, a passionate, flawed modern women every bit as concerned with the intricacies of crime as she is with demons that go bump in the night.’ […]

Cluj-Napoca

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 12:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

OK. Cluj keeps coming up in my research right now. I’d never heard of it before. So I searched. You’ll never guess where it is!!!!!! NO CLUES! WTF? Go away Bram Irishman Stoker. Stop haunting me :o( Wiki : Cluj-Napoca

The Children of the Mist…Loch Katrine…Scotland

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 11:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What is going on with all the freaking Kate’s in my life right now??? Spooky vibe. Anyhoo – one day I WILL go home and “live happily ever after” :o)

Diicu Buicescu’s Granddaughter

Wednesday, 1 January 2020, 11:18.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I talked the other day of a female belonging Diicu Buicescu’s bloodline. It’s his granddaughter. Interesting coat of arms and blurb below! Once an Amazon, always an Amazon (?!)

Another Maths Lesson

Tuesday, 31 December 2019, 13:52.Reading time less than 1 minute.

From a girl who failed at counting numbers by the rules. Heyho. Disclaimer : V Bored with having my work stolen and used for others’ gain and fame. So do the research yourself. From 9 to 3. Magic Numbers. Check out : The Norns The Fates The Triple Goddesses all overs History And on. And […]

The Remains of an Altar

Tuesday, 31 December 2019, 13:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve mentioned Phil Rickman and Merrily Watkins before. I’ve read all but two of his books and all of his Merrily books bar the latest one. And if I’ve got this next bit wrong, someone, somewhere will correct me, but here goes. Check this book out. Ghosts on bikes. The lady exorcist. The Welsh borders. […]

CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRANSLATIONS OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS

Tuesday, 31 December 2019, 10:57.Reading time less than 1 minute.

CONTEMPORARY EUROPEAN TRANSLATIONS OF OTTOMAN DOCUMENTS

Redressing the Balance

Tuesday, 31 December 2019, 9:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Or some such? The Restoration mention is the 1660 one. Charles II Stuart.

Leaping

Monday, 30 December 2019, 14:55.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Which somewhere in my strange brain (the word – leaping) in the English vernacular means MAD. Angry. Frustrated. It’s official. I AM the most annoying person ever. I’ve just annoyed myself. So many myths about the sword lying in the bed between two lovers. In the Volsunga (below) I remember Tristan and Isolde. Something about […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.