“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.”
A bunch of ne’re-do-wells got a break from working (sometimes) 20 hours a day in a dangerous environment. We all piled on a bus that took us from Londonderry to Larne. On a ferry from Larne to Stranraer. (Barf?) Back on a bus from Stranraer to Stirling – where the Lowlands meet the Highlands. A […]
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There are Very few things in my life where I’ve come F1RST. A hop and a skip out of my teens I came top in Map Reading in my Army Training. A hop and three skips later – I was orienteering in the Highlands of Scotland. Didn’t come F1RST then. Bloody Highland midges. Unofficial tip […]
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The ONLY way a Psychic VAMPIRE can access your carotid is if you INVITE them across the threshold. Ahem! Don’t remember inviting Y’ALL into MY home to suck MY blood and life and work and soul. Like anyone would beI am flattered by your fascination with me…..(And MY home recipes)Like any hot blooded womanI have […]
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And for appreciating Alanis & ME x
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There was NOTHING/ZERO/ZILCH/NOWT left in the box. Hope? Yeah. Right. #STOLEN! I named myself after two Strong and Independent Women. Brook(e)s ? Born in KansasOn an ordinary plainRan to New YorkBut ran away from fameOnly seventeenWhen all your dreams came trueBut all you wanted was someone to undress you But all the stars you kissedCould […]
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You’re so self-satisfied… I DON’T NEED You. Hungarian Rhapsody Stay, Freddie
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Another link between Scotland and the “unmentionables” beginning with T and ending with ian’s ? The name possibly originated as a jocular reference to the Doric dialect of the Ancient Greek language. Greek Dorians lived in Laconia, including Sparta, and other more rural areas, and were alleged by the ancient Greeks to have spoken laconically and in a language thought harsher in tone and more phonetically […]
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I’m trying to get my head around THIS link! Omphalos I did NOT find it at #Wiki but whilst researching a fountain in Italy. But I cite the Wiki article for this sentence alone – In Greek lore, Zeus sent two eagles across the world to meet at its centre, the “navel” of the world.[1] TWO Eagles? BTW. […]
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Bloody Scots people! It is over a decade since I watched what was once called GMTV. I had no idea that Lorraine was still doing this. AND she talks to Dean. Subtitles needed? I understand why Dean and Nala have gone all MainStream now. Could YOU do this for two years with NO cash/No Support/Just […]
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I will NOT apologise for being given this video right below the last video. WHY? P.S. If you watch the Who Do You Think You Are episode about Annie Lennox…you’ll see that she is also a Scottish peasant who came from the slums (?)
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Within a few days of opening this website I wrote three (off-the-cuff, from the heart) articles about writing HisFic. GB 4th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 1 GB 5th Aug 2018 : HISTORICAL FICTION: RESEARCH & WRITING – EPISODE 2 And then – to compound this truthful GB atrocity – […]
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Today – Lady M would be labelled a DISTORTED FEMININE. A woman who ruthlessly seeks HER wants and needs through her famous spouse. She ridicules him. Manipulates him so much that he comes to a crucial point in his life when the ONLY thing he can do to appease her malicious and baleful nature, is […]
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