SCHMACKED
You’ve gotta love it when your computer REFUSES point blank to Screenshot boobtoob. Moving on… …Munich
Read MoreCraptacular Day
Coming from generations of sailors, I’m the one who gets seasick most. My bad :o( It’s the only time you’ll ever see me ask/plead for a Coca-Cola. Works for me! Naval warfare in Europe, c . 1330– c . 1680
Read MoreThe Day the Music Died
The Fault in Lincoln Cathedral
One hundred million years ago, give or take an exaggeration or many (!) I spent several Saturdays on my own in Lincoln Cathedral — doing research for my history exam. From Lincolnshire Pride : 3. Construction of the Cathedral is a bit iffy in places! Sacrilege, surely? The Cathedral is beautiful! Well yes, but there’s still […]
Read MoreTough Love
For some children, a simple smack would feel like a loving hug does to other children. Great things are happening out there :o)
Read MoreScientists Now Claim…
The notion that houseplants can meaningfully improve indoor air quality is ‘simply a myth’, a new study has found — with potted plants being practically as useful. ‘This has been a common misconception for some time,’ said paper author and environmental engineer Michael Waring of the Drexel University in Philadelphia. I saw this on BBC news […]
Read MoreMarina Warner
Two for the price of one I’ve read Marina Warner for a long time. These two books of hers are sort of special to me. BTW – Usual usual, I don’t agree with the mainstream history stuff but that does Not take away from her work. This unique study of the cult of the […]
Read MorePerseus
The Doom Fulfilled, 1888, Southampton City Art Gallery, part of a series of paintings revolving around Perseus, created by the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones Back to where I started this morning. With Perseus. I’ve been thinking about him quite a bit over the past few days. If you know the myth then this will make sense. Use the highly […]
Read MoreIt’s Official!
Despite Everything that Everyone has told me my Whole Life… …I am NOT the only Weirdo in the world. Wooohoooo! What a relief :o)
Read MoreJohn Keats
I’ve been reading Keat’s poem, Endymion. I’d started looking into Perseus but came across this and went off the rails, as per! Endymion, iv …“Over wide streams and mountains great we went, And, save when Bacchus kept his ivy tent, Onward the tiger and the leopard pants, With Asian elephants: Onward these myriads—-with song […]
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Castle Cloud
Oooh. On a Gothic Horror Book Vibe here. I have VIVID memories of where and when I read this book by Elizabeth Norman. I was living with my beloved Nan. She was a book freak too. Last time I saw her, she was in an “Old People’s Home.” Relegated, alone, to a corner in the […]
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