“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.”
Tell me……… What links them both? It’s a portrait of…….? See previous posts! Oh and the author of The Scarlet Letter also shared the same vibe. And I quote…. It is very singular, the sad embrace with which Rome takes possession of the soul.
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I seem to be having one of those everything-coming-together-kinda days. I was living in Ireland when I first started watching the Ruth Rendell Mysteries on TV. FACT! I fell in love with Inspector Wexford (Irish County) immediately and started reading the books. This one freaked me a bit. But today I understand why :o) Percy […]
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Nope. I’ve not read a single George A Romero book – or watched one of these “franchised” filums. I just live with the vibe every day. Unfortunately :o( Why are so many of us today surrounded by the LivingDead? What is so attractive about a born Hater? I am NO psychologist but I SEE these […]
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I don’t think that I have ever truly revealed this before but… … I chose the image for my novel with great deliberation after learning about this major ART controversy decades ago. Diego Velázquez painting – And the ART vs HISTORY collision came from – I feel that this is a portrait of Marie. She WAS […]
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GB 11th October 2019 : Beatrice’s Spell The past few weeks of research have given me a truly unexpected link to the post above. I’ve gone back to re-reading this book because of the new name that has just been given to me. Giovanni Guerra Their link is just one half a sentence… though he […]
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THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER___ ‘An angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth. Powerful and shaming.’ GUARDIAN___ Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge, Wolverhampton, Sweden and Wales. They wrote […]
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Noli Me Tangere
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In the vernacular (common language) that means….the latest boy/girlfriend paraded in front of your nose (!) I’ve just been reminded of Squeeze #Cool4Cats
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I don’t know and have never heard of Kevin Bridges. But I KNOW the accent and I’ll take any gift given. TY :o)
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Thunder only happens when it’s rainin’Players only love you when they’re playin’Say women, they will come and they will goWhen the rain washes you clean, you’ll knowYou’ll know I am NOT any IT’s PLAYTHING. Don’t Play. Won’t Play. I have mine own DREAMS! TarTar :o)
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Henry IV, Part 2 – anyone? Yet another twofer. Bored yet ? ? ? BTW – I was called out on FB once for fancying “pretty boys.” TRUE!
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Hidden History Research 