Another Genoa, Genoa, Genoa Moment!

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 5:58.Reading time 1 minute.

I had a feeling way back when that Genoa was important. I’m getting an upside down/back to front vibe from this. But, it is another step forward. From Americans in the Levant : Demetrio Vivaldi, the future consul of Caffa (Feodosia, Black Sea), in a letter sent from Chios to Genoa in August […]

Time after Time

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 16:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Slime in this Ear. Slime in that Ear

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 16:31.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yes. State the bleedin’ obvious. Done that one! But it NEVER fails to make me laugh. Very few understand me when I quote the slime quote. And do the Eddie mime :o( Welcome to my Life Someone(s), somewhere(s) gets this. Hans Gruber, anyone?

Cold Time of Year

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 16:15.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have talked before about my puppy. Tsar. He’s a German Shepherd. The 3rd one we’ve had. Upside Down World News. They are NASTY feckers. BAD dogs. My Hairy Biker friend across the road (who wants my dog. Badly. Rewind. Wanted. He’s now got Fred) laughed his biker arse off when told that I do […]

Croissant

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 16:00.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Love ’em times love times again times yummy Having fun is….GRAND Wiki : Battle of Vienna A touch of salted butter. Half a ton of Blackcurrant jam. Sweet and Sour. A bit like me :o) Breakfast in Paris, anyone?

Full Access Granted

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 15:34.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I really should STOP having so much fun. My Bad. Lady Mary is granted full access. Wiki : 1725 Hungarian House 12th January 2019 : Elizabeth Bathory Adore this song :o)

Americans and the Ottoman Navy in the Levant during the first half of the XIX century

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 15:03.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Again. Shoddy research on my part. Drop in, throw out. I’ve not had time to read but…. Americans and the Ottoman Navy in the Levant during the first half of the XIX century P.S. That was a disclaimer above. I Seriously haven’t had time to read it so I can neither confirm nor […]

Hole in Your Soul

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 14:50.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I held off as long as I could but I let the music speak. I know. I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore. We all have our faults :o( But, thank God, I’m a marionette, is not MY vibe.

ReWild & Love

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 14:08.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Change the place, date, time, gender, hair colour. My parents were never this wonderful about bare feet. Much love Trinity Family. Enjoy Venice :o)

The Sun Always Shines on TV

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 13:44.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yeh. I know. It doesn’t. TV’s there to fill a “hole in your soul.” Oh. No. Scandinavian vibe going on. Norway. Sweden. Bloody Vikings. Tsk. Talking of which – I had NO IDEA that Owen B was Norse too. D’oh. The things I don’t know are….! Anyhoo – Magnificent Morten. Aha aha I like it […]

Paul the Venetian

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 13:11.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I’ve been looking at his pictures. Along with the V&A, I need to re-visit the National Gallery. I could spend a whole month there just gazing, wide-eyed and breathless. But I always seem to go with peeps on fast forward. Sigh. Wiki : Paolo Caliari Adoration of the Magi

Lady Mary and Trajan’s Gate

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 11:01.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Below is Lady Mary’s letter home written in 1716. She’s travelled from England. She will get to Constantinople soon. At the moment she is writing about Trajan’s Gate. Something feels a little strange about her letters, methinks. Oh. At least she does not complain about the state of the roads. In fact, she’s quite complimentary. […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.