“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.”
When you research an Historical Novel you have to go backwards first to the previous generation and then forward, to the next generation, before you can possibly begin to understand the generation about whom you are writing. Margot always fascinated me. Although she had no role in the book. Marguerite of Valois I even bought […]
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Lee Miller is in my Top 5 list of Amazing Women! LEE MILLER In the 1920’s she was a “model” and some of her most famous pictures were taken by … MAN RAY #ImageAbove As well as being photographed by him, Lee was taught how to take photos (by him.) Her later career was as […]
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No one is going to believe this. Even I don’t believe this and it happened to me! I talked a while back about a necklace that I always wear. It was given to me by a dearly beloved after I’d lost my prized antique silver and amethyst one. A few hours ago, in the middle […]
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ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, formerly practised in Japan by samurai as an honourable alternative to disgrace or execution. Well. That’s what the Narcs aim for – every step of the way. Nothing less than DEATH. “THEY”/”IT” wants you gone/destroyed/wiped out/forgotten/to have never existed. I’ve chosen an HONOURABLE DEATH. By Mine Own Hand. […]
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Hubris is the characteristic of excessive confidence or arrogance, which leads a person to believe that he or she may do no wrong. The overwhelming pride caused by hubris is often considered a flaw in character. Nemesis UhOh. Now there’s a goddess y’all NEVER want to meet (?) With her ever present Goose, Sword, Lash, Dagger, Measuring Rod, […]
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I am SO Lucky. Very few people get to spend their days doing the things that they absolutely LOVE doing. I’m forever grateful! The past four days have been lived with a thought in the back of my mind… …OK. So WHEN are “they” going to turn up? I start working this morning and the […]
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I’ve always loved the title of this poem :o) It’s about Swords and Sorcery and Carlos Magnus/Charles the Great/Charlemagne. So much to do, so little time – this came as a side-note to my recent research and I’ve yet to fully figure out why. Could it be the Canto below? ? ? Roland, who long […]
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I watched this video on yt and now I’m going to troll Everyone in yt comments with my Hexpert Skills on Brain Surgery. #UVeBeeWarned #Nvr4Get #UOI :o) P.S. Please xcoos the KenBran 12 pack Hunk vibe from his Frankenstein movie. Schwoon !
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Me. Me. ME……..My Line! The Glorious 12th (killing grouse etc) has passed. A much celebrated occasion in Scotland since the “Royals” i.e. Queen Victoria et all made it popular. Here – beside my HOME – the official “Shooting” Season starts on the 1st of October until the 1st of February. Oh brilliant. NOT! I HATE, […]
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She was our English Language/Literature teacher – way back when. Poor woman. She must’ve been in her early/mid 20’s when she encountered our class! OMG…and she had a temper. I remember the time she broke into Middle English, reciting Chaucer to a group of 11/12 years olds and we all tittered mightily. Our bad :o( […]
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I spent quite a bit of time with John Dryden (and The Gang) as I researched the 17th century. But I seem to have missed this poem of his. Well, it’s a translation…of Chaucer, I think (?) The whole poem is beautiful but these lines are relevant for me today :o) Just is your suit, […]
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For those who a) Can’t be bothered to watch the whole thing. b) Are obsessed with the timings of videos. c) Lunatics 1:17 Rewind. Repeat Vibe? WhatEVER!
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Hidden History Research 