I, as an empath, prefer the former statement. As made by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Descartes – even as a 15th/16th century man is far too modern and narcissistic for me. It’s all about FEELING/KNOWING/SENSING. Then come that pesky brain and all its conditioned thinkings. A generic (but fine) empath yt vid. Jean-Jacques reminded me of Burnel.… Read More I Felt Before I Thought vs I Think Therefore I am.
I am PURE feminine. A girl. Female. With hormones galore and mood changes that challenge the gods. I AM HECATE. Goddess of the Crossroads. Macbeth. The Scottish Play. It’s been a long, long time :o) For the purity and beauty of language and emotion, HAMLET is supreme. But my heart lies with The Thane of… Read More Pure Feminine : With a Touch of Hecate…Which Witch Is Which?
My Dad had his amazing career ruined by his Masonic higher ups….allegedly. The only policeperson in Lincolnshire employed by “Spooks” ? who knew too much about too many? Mine was ruined by so-called friends/employees who tried the “internal hostile takeover.” I hit back the day my father died by contacting Company Solicitors who advised me… Read More On the Road to Bedlam : Highland Seers
AS above. SO Below. That sentence is such a cliché now that it lost it’s original meaning to most. But – to me – it IS TRUTH. Post-eclipses have had a huge impact here. Two women in this house (three including the cat) have suffered the effects most. My own personal trials, at times like… Read More I AM Wot I AM : Highlander
This is why I love Vasi so much. She sews like I do. All by hand. AND, she is truly in touch with and honouring her heritage. Vasi is a living, breathing Tartar. A VOLGA Tartar. From day dot I’ve always said that HISTORY is about people. People live and die and write HISTORY. They… Read More Vasi : The Beautiful Volga Tartar
I’m not a lover of cacti. Spiky, ugly houseplants. But, one Christmas Cactus has a personal family history. Mother-in-law has a huge cactus that she rescued from her parents-in-laws’ house after my husband’s granddad died. We are going back to the 1970’s there and this ancestral plant is now huge and flourishing. It must be… Read More Christmas Cactus Stories
Raising a glass to Shane MacGowan and all my Dalriada ancestors today. Note to visitors to Ireland or the UK. If one or more of your people want a pint of Guinness, let them order first. There is an art and a science to this Black Gold that takes time. I’m not exactly Irish. I’m… Read More Pure Genius : Guinness
Yup. Definitely missing that gene. Not only was Mary a mathematician, astronomer, writer and polymath, she was also a distantly distant cousin of mine. She married a son of Admiral, Sir Samuel Greig – Captain Samuil Samuilovich Greig. But decided she didn’t like him much and then married a man called Somerville. But she and… Read More My Missing Gene : Mary Somerville, The First Scientist.
Nope. Never been but will go one day. For me Orkney is part of my DNA – 36% Scottish/29% Scandinavian. It’s also where “Macbeth” came from. According to MSHistory. And Dorothy Dunnett in King Hereafter. King Hereafter was Dunnett’s tour-de-force wherein she conflated Macbeth and Thorfinn. A perfectly viable sitch in the 1970’s. Why not?… Read More What/Who/Where is ORKNEY?
There has been no secret here about my love for Freddie and Queen. Freddie aka Farrokh Bulsara. He was born into a Farsi/Parsi family. I’ve worked with Farsi/Parsi in Karachi and Dubai. Freddie has a voice that defies all vocal coaches. He also died on my birthday. 24th of November. 1991 – We’d moved from… Read More Freddie & Me : Highlander
FFS. We can take the piss out of ourselves with spades because we know who and what we are. Mad. Bad. Dangerous to know……..Apologies to Lord Byron. SKYFALL. Glencoe. Highlands. Scotland. A never ending circle. A wheel within a wheel as Ezekiel says in the Bible. Thank y’all so much for stealing MY life YouTube… Read More Highlander Doesn’t Need A Remake : STOP Dissing MY Ancestors
Loving Neil Oliver. Nanny Lily, Dad’s Mum, was born and bred there. She gave us my Dad. My Dad gave us me. Ergo : Blaming Glasgow for my life … Laugh Out Loud :o) It’s not a city that I know well. I know Belfast better, and Berlin, and Karachi. Strange but True. And my… Read More Glasgow : The Making of ME
It’s strange how, in a whole room of books, just one will catch your eye. Today it was a book that I’ve owned for 30 years or so. So I decided to research youtube and see if there was anything there about this strange man and his experiences. I found Baldrick from Blackadder. Yay :o)… Read More Arthur Guirdham : Cathars
I’ve loved Vasi’s videos for a few years now. She always vibed with me and I never truly question why. When you know, you KNOW. She’s been very open about her Tartar ancestry but a recent DNA test told her that she was also Scottish/Irish or Irish/Scottish. Most of my DNA is Scottish, slightly less… Read More A Vasi Vibe : When You Know, You KNOW
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