Smack on Head

Friday, 31 July 2020, 5:13.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I ended yesterday totally boggy mind-fuddled! Aha…today’ll be better. Let’s try again. D’oh :o(

Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 12:49.Reading time 1 minute.

Watch one Victorian video and you get VicBombed by yt recommended. Sheesh! Anyway : I’m remembering now why I don’t like and have never felt the need (before now) to study the Victorian period. This one got me because I live in an early Victorian building. And whilst I love a splash or two of […]

Il Monte Grampio

Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 16:53.Reading time 1 minute.

OK. I might have some Italian DNA but beyond being polite and asking for food and drink, that’s the extent of my language skills. I understand the gist of this passage but had to look up a few words with the limited resources at my disposal. TRAMONTANA – All I could find was Northern Wind. […]

Moravia

Tuesday, 28 July 2020, 12:32.Reading time 1 minute.

What month are we in? It feels like November and my birthday! Presents galore. What I’m loving (as well as the wonderful gifts) is the fact that they come with just a tiny clue or two. And I’m being trusted to do the research myself and make up my own mind. OK. I might’ve got […]

Fostering and Patronage

Monday, 27 July 2020, 12:39.Reading time less than 1 minute.

If you’ve done any research into History, you will know about both fostering and patronage. The “Ancient” Celts always fostered out/in children. By the 17th century, the phrase has changed to patronage. I.E. An exchange of money for services. I’ll leave the digging to whomever is interested!

Jessie King (Baby Farmer)

Monday, 27 July 2020, 11:52.Reading time 2 minutes.

I have mentioned several times that my “sense” (for want of a better word) of history stops around 1745ish. I’ve never been interested in studying the Georgians and Victorians. But – as you may’ve noticed – I have recently been bumping into (as in I don’t pick them, they pick me) many videos like the […]

Beautiful Forever

Sunday, 26 July 2020, 13:44.Reading time 3 minutes.

This book has driven me mindless for the past couple of weeks. Can I find it anywhere here? I know that I bought it. And read it. Bloody book faeries. Moving things again. Mumble. Grumble :o( Anyway. Today I remembered the name of it and went on Amazon. A Mayfair address; the title of ‘purveyor […]

Aunt Julia

Sunday, 26 July 2020, 10:40.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What exactly is Voodoo-JuJu? Or a Traiteur? Once upon a time they were called Healers/Wise Men or Woman and were HIGHLY respected by their tribe. Not today, though. Today they are seen as so Evil that they can cause a whole town to disappear under flood waters, killing hundreds.

Old Research

Sunday, 26 July 2020, 5:38.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve been advised to return to some research that I did a while back. As this could help me with my current work. So I have. Oh! I remember now. I really struggled to understand it first time but things are beginning to make much more sense now. Woohoo :o)

Wind of Change

Saturday, 25 July 2020, 15:49.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Pallas and Jupiter Rx. SHTF time. Scorpions/Scorpio No13 in Tarot. The card of DEATH. And rebirth, Card no14 is Temperance. Sagittarius. The card of HARMONY. And the Divine. If you are not with the energy (going with the flow) then you are………………?!

CARRY ON, Dick ‘ead in a MASK!!!

Friday, 24 July 2020, 15:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

A thousand stories but always the same plot line, characters, acts, denouement, crap ending! Stand and Deliver. Your Money or YOUR Life! Timon of Athens V ibe STILL extorting money with menaces!

The Original Railway Murder Mystery : Documentary on The Real Victorian Murder Mystery

Friday, 24 July 2020, 12:26.Reading time 1 minute.

As I seem to’ve gone a bit Gothic right now, I’ll go with the flow. This is an interesting documentary, imho, for several reasons. Victorians had anxieties about the Iron Roads spreading across the land? I was telling my eldest about Mr Beeching yesterday. The subject came up because I know that our local Bush […]

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