Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 14:19.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Wiki : Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal Oh my Giddy Aunt. That happened a hop and a skip away from Porton Down What a co-inky-dink!

Boscombe Down

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 14:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I used to live a hop and a skip away from… Wiki : Boscombe Down And two hops and a skip away from… Wiki : Porton Down Such a shame that Wiki has forgotten all and everything about True Truth. Alice. Don’t go THERE, sweetheart :o(

War is Hell

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:51.Reading time less than 1 minute.

My youngest has a Zippo. It was given to him by a family member – who was given it by a Vet, It has just three words ENGRAVED on it. WAR IS HELL NNNNNNineteen.

B.F.P.O.

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:41.Reading time less than 1 minute.

British Forces Post Office. In my day it was based in Mill Hill. No idea if it still is. So many past addresses were BFPO. Sigh. Kate knows………How? The All-Seeing Eye?

Monte Cristo

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 13:06.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No. Not the Count of… In the UK my family called it Gypsy Bread. Others call it Eggy Toast. I might be feeling a bit hungry right now ? P.S. The very WORST Croque Monsieur sandwich I’ve eaten was in… …PARIS

Laura in the Kitchen

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 12:43.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Oh. Ooooh lala A gal after mine own heart. Dijon mustard. Honey ham. Swiss cheese. It’s called Wooster Sauce here. Yummy. Guess wot we’re having for tea tomorrow???

Cemetery of the Innocents

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 12:25.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Again with the old 17th century France research. Wiki : Cimetière des Saints-Innocents The history books say that the soil there was so rich (!) it could consume a cadaver in seven days! This links with more of my past searches. Wiki : Cour des miracles Always with the “gypsy” slums. […]

I’ve Fallen Back in Love with…

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 11:22.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Nakşidil Sultan

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 10:20.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Well. This one has blown me away. I understand now why I mentioned Nakşidil Sultan, in passing, the other day. She has a connection to le Brun via Selim III (previous posts) And the common denominator is… Napoleon Bonaparte. It’s all a bit twisty turny right now. But I’ll get there :o)

THE COAL MINE OF HASARD DE CHERATTE

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 8:50.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Broken Window Boys

The Allegory of Love: A Study In Medieval Tradition

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 8:35.Reading time less than 1 minute.

I have this book :o) The Allegory of Love is a landmark study of a powerful and influential medieval conception. C. S. Lewis explores the sentiment called ‘courtly love’ and the allegorical method within which it developed in literature and thought, from its first flowering in eleventh-century Languedoc through to its transformation and gradual […]

C.S. Lewis & Intelligent Design

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 7:56.Reading time less than 1 minute.

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.