Lemon Pepper Potatoes

My and my big, flappy mouth. Came across this in recommended thingy on TV today. And blabbed. D’oh. Guess what I’m cooking tomorrow? Good job a neighbour gifted us a bag of freshly dug potatoes. But….MUD? Mud on potatoes that you have to wash off with your own hands? Not pristine plastic wrapped Tesco tatties? […]

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Time is a Great Healer (?)

I do NOT agree. For me – WORK heals. I have a huge, gaping hole in my research. It concerns the mother(s) of Andronicus I Comnenus’ children. Maybe Maria is figured out. (TY, AMP) but what about the others? Anna. How can an 11 year old give birth to at least 2, maybe more, children […]

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Whois?

Much as MY Ego/Id/Superego would like to concentrate on me/me/me and today’s sad loss – Life Goes On. Wow. I learned a few new things here from Max. I get to Wayback Machine many times in my own research. Had NO IDEA we could do that with it :o) Anyhoos – something about another fake […]

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Sad

Little cat will be joining her brother in the garden today. Very sad. First time in 25 years without a cat in the house :o( Fit for nothing, am I.

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Uncle Jim

So that’ll be the Uncle Jim. Dad’s brother. Who was in the Merchant Navy (Oh Really?) And who died “mysteriously” in a helicopter crash. About a year after he came to our house (I was there) and asked his big bruv (my Dad) to be executor of his will. The same Uncle Jim who….rewind to […]

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Empty Hearse

OMG! I have actually Been there, Done that. Scotland. Uncle Jim’s funeral. Those who knew strange, crazy stuff….knew that the coffin was EMPTY! SMH. Can’t make it up. The WAKE was a bit FLAT tho’ :o( And Uncle Jim lived the rest of his dead life in MALTA. Can’t send y’all photos of a DEAD […]

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A Case of Identity

Mmmn. Let’s study a CASE of Id. ID = EGO ???   Wiki : A Case of Identity   The Empty Hearse Vibe ???     Or maybe Colin Dexter’s short story collection Morse’s Greatest Mystery which features a story called something, something about Mis-Identity. Based on Conan Doyle’s original story. Check it out. I’m […]

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Correct ME If I’m Wrong

And I very well could be (!) But didn’t BB say…. Something like…. IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, NO ONE CAN GET YOU   Or some thing close to that. I understand what he meant!

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The Secrets of Pain

With the framework of her own world beginning to crack, Merrily must venture into areas of mystery and menace; the secrets of the border’s pagan past… ‘Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth.’ – The Times ‘What I remember most was the sound of his breath. A hollow sound, as […]

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Aaaah. Vienna

AN OTTOMAN PEACE ATTEMPT AT …etc

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How VERY Dare You???

A Child of the Mist is (?!) skilled at moving from tragedy to comedy and back in a heartbeat. Or is she? That is the Q!!!!!  

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