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This day, '...King Richard, late mercifully reigning over us, was through the great treason of the Duke of Norfolk* and many others that turned against him, with many other lords and nobility of these northern parts piteously slain and murdered, to the great heaviness of this city...'From York Civil Records, August, 1485 ( Read more... )

Confession: I have been grumpy and out-of-sorts with the universe all week. Intolerant of chit chat and inconsiderate behaviour and foolishness, and generally: Grrrr! I put it down to a swirling in the cosmos, around the changing seasons. Because, truth to tell, though it's quite cold right now, we have had some lovely days. And the blossom is out ( Read more... )

* Mobile phone: still at bookshoppe. Moi? Not at bookshoppe. Just like the old days, incommunicado!

* Tomorrow is my second afternoon lesson of Mah Jong. Have I been reading up since last time? No, I fear I haven't. Oh dear.

* George Gently on tv last Friday night. Set in Northumberland, with Martin Shaw, Phil Davis and Richard Armitage (' ( Read more... )

Hmmm. It's a weary Tuesday night, as I contemplate the morrow, and whether or not I will take a return journey of 600-odd kilometres (8 hours of driving, according to Google maps) to the west of the state, to attend the funeral of a friend's mother. I probably won't go. Though I would really like to attend for my friend's sake. Emotions and ( Read more... )

Have been having a quiet time of it for one reason and another, it seems.

BUT.
With
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I was watching Top Gear earlier this week (a repeat: James and Richard and a group of rocket scientists build some rockets and send a car into space. Yes, it soon plummeted to earth and exploded in flames quite impressively. But still... How much do I love this show ( Read more... )

you know the next line- but then it's forward once more. *fingers crossed ( Read more... )

I have spent the weekend on a trip from South Wales to the Orkneys, via Lindisfarne and Hadrian's Wall, Eilean Donan, St Magnus Cathedral, the Italian Chapel and the Ring of Brodgar. And all without leaving the house. In other words, I watched Oliver's Travels all over again. It stars Alan Bates, Sinéad Cusack, and Bill Paterson, and some other ( Read more... )

Well, dolphins last time, and now it's the great orangutan escape. Part of me wishes such enterprise was rewarded, instead of which Pulang (for that is her name!) was returned to the apes' enclosure at Perth Zoo. I bet she doesn't think much of that end to her adventure and daring ( Read more... )