Tag: History

• Scarab

  Mysterious scarab Glows from within Where knowledge begins Scarab of fire Lights up the night To make the passing just right Golden scarab Ornate and engraved Ensures that many a soul is saved

  Tom

  Apr 5, 2016

  Abilities, Animals, Direction, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Monthly Theme, Rhyme

  Creations, History, Inspiration, Writing

• March Forth! Ones! Ohs! And Sixes!

  White Rabbits for March! As well as being March 1st today, it’s also St David’s Day, St David being the patron Saint of Wales. Eagle-eyed readers may have spotted in my post from yesterday a little image featuring the fact that I had made, up to that point, 1,601 posts in total. It’s slightly higher…

  Tom

  Mar 1, 2016

  Abilities, Direction, Feel GOOD!, Legends

  Blogging, History, Just Because, Messages from the Universe, Quotes

• Tuesday’s Words

  Tuesday. The day after Monday, and before Wednesday, and always in that order in every week, without exception; even on February 29th (although this time around February 29th is a Monday, it is still followed by a Tuesday… spooky). Shrove Tuesday falls on a Tuesday. Here in the UK, Shrove Tuesday is also known as…

  Tom

  Feb 23, 2016

  Abilities, Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Real Life, Time, Words

  Crystals, History, Iceland, Just Because, Runes, Writing

• Catching Casanova

  Giacomo Casanova (1725 – 1798). Ish. Picture the scene. It’s the mid-eighteenth century. We’re in Italy; Venice, actually. The Carnival is coming to its close. Noble folk (and lesser-noble for that matter!) are all partying like it’s 1999. All are dressed in elaborate clothing, wearing stunning full masks, some with head-dresses made out of the…

  Tom

  Feb 9, 2016

  Dance, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Time, Vampires

  Celebration, History, Just Because, Re-writing, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Valaween, What if…?, Writing

• Valentine’s Day set to move

  Talks are taking place with the board of the International Allocation and Reallocation of Important and Strategic Dates Consortium (IRIS, previously known as ROSE: the Reallocation Of Some Events group, and before that HYACINTH: Ha! Yet Another Card Initiative Now Thought Historic) for the date of St Valentine’s Day to be moved. St Valentine of…

  Tom

  Feb 7, 2016

  Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, Real Life, The World

  Day-to-day, History, Just Because, Re-writing, What if…?, Writing