“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.”
If only I had known – 20 years ago – when I first wrote this beginning. When I first chose the Maxim to use, that today, here, now, I’d be standing in Marie de Rohan’s shoes. Exiled. Disgraced. And Mourning. SMH!
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Mmmn! I have several problems with the video below. Not least – the fact that (according to MS History) Henri II de Montmorency was “beheaded” in 1632 by a guillotine. Henri de Montmorency But then…he was the Governor of the Languedoc (CATHAR COUNTRY) and he HAD to die. Like his ancestors in the Albigensian Crusade. […]
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I could go all day with THIS but…. Clueage : The USUAL Timeless Fake as Facker put Two Lions in Nemea here :o) I’m a poet and didn’t….oh. Done that one :o( Find part 1 yourselves. #Toobusy P.S. Y’all probably know this already but – ref the image above by Peter Paul Rubens – Rubens […]
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Ages ago, I found my writing side-tracked as I researched 17th century wax masks. It wasn’t wasted and produced a few lines. Little did I know that this subject would still be relevant today. It seems it Always was though? P.S. Pellicule is the French word for Pellicle.
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…Did it EVER cross my tiny mind. That one day, I’d be given the chance to link the above image with the below video. P.S. Robbie (Lamont) is a Scots Guard in the employ of George Villiers and Louis XIII of France. Feeling Fizzy :o)
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Note to Self : Go back to your decades old notes about 17th c fairy tales and M. Perrault. SMH! Sliki : Charles Perrault
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I’ve never claimed to be perfect. GB : 2nd June 2020 I have FINALLY got all my Kindle books back. Gritted teeth vibe. Only to find out that I’d made a mistake in the post linked above. It wasn’t a single tulip. It was a bunch of tulips. SMH. But I did write that scene […]
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Something American is showing up in MY stats today. 29 views. Not just from here but also from HERE! Just. PLEASE. LEAVE. ME. ALONE. NOW!
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It is not my intent to diss this yt channel. When I DISS a yt Channel, I go ALL #NoQuarterNOPrisoners. High up on the names that are now annoying me is HAPSBURG. And yes…I know. But I’m OLD school and grew up with Hapsburg. I’ve NO IDEA who turned the P upside down. And I […]
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…You sell your soul for money via Patreon. Just MY opinion! And I don’t give a feck if U agree or No :o) I am beyond sad now. And I quote Oddie : This video is sponsored by my Patreon patrons – THANK YOU! Many, many thanks to my patrons on Patreon for enabling me […]
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OK. SO. All I wanted to do was go to my Kindle books and take a screenshot of the page where I wrote about Buckingham laying a single tulip at Anne’s feet. Guess What I find ? The book that took me many years to write (the F1RST Draft was over a million words, so […]
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Hi Greta, Chamoun has asked me to get in contact with you following your conversation with my colleague Chris. It is my understanding that the team enquired about the rights to your book Weave a Garland of my Vows. I have found a copy of the ebook on Amazon, and was wondering if I was […]
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