Tag: History

• Before England’s Green and Pleasant Land

  Back in the day when England was connected to the rest of Europe by land, Southern England was a desert. This was during the Ice Age, and mankind was just taking his / her / its first steps, competing with woolly mammoths, woolly hippos, woolly rhinoceroses, and woolly sabre-toothed tigers for food and places to…

  Tom

  Aug 31, 2012

  Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Nature, Real Life, The World, Time

  Age, Day-to-day, Freedom, History, Life

• Sovereign

  Here I go again, waffling on about my rather strange pull to the early Seventeenth Century. I’ve not had anything appear to me, or had any inkling to write or investigate anything for a few months now. Not only that, but I haven’t had any images appear in my mind of the ship or three…

  Tom

  Aug 30, 2012

  Background, Confusion, Direction, Legends, Mystery, Questions, Random Memories, Real Life, The World, Time

  1642, Coincidence, Day-to-day, Dreams, History, Messages from the Universe, Thoughts

• Hope Before Despair

  Could there be a world without hope? The word, yes; the emotion, no. Well, I hope not anyway! But wait… The word ‘hope’ is from an Old English, or Anglo Saxon, word that was used before the year 900AD, ‘hopa’. Despair, or the lack or loss of hope, was introduced between the years 1275 and…

  Tom

  Aug 29, 2012

  Direction, Feel GOOD!, Hope, Legends, Questions, Random, Real Life, The World, Time, Words

  101 Tasks, Coincidence, Day-to-day, Dreams, Freedom, Gratitude, Happiness, History, Imagination, Inspiration, Life, Messages from the Universe, Thoughts, Writing

• The Pyramids and Other Wonders

  Kate Shrewsday’s recent post ‘Seven wonders’ couldn’t have appeared at a more apt time for me. Coincidentally, that is, as I’m in the process of telling a tale featuring the Greek Gods and vast journeys across the years. Also coincidentally (or maybe not) is the fact that the only remaining Wonder of the Ancient World…

  Tom

  Aug 28, 2012

  Favourites, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, Real Life, The World, Time

  Age, Dreams, History, Inspiration

• Crossover

  “Just a minute,” came the voice from inside the apartment. Athena, Aphrodite and Hera weren’t really in a mood to wait patiently, but as the corridor they were in was quite busy with a lot of people walking in and out of their apartments at very irregular intervals, they had no choice. The lady in…

  Tom

  Aug 26, 2012

  Confusion, Feel GOOD!, Legends, Random, The World, Time

  History, Imagination, Inspiration, Life, Parallel Dimensions, Short Story, Surreal Reality, Tales, The Universe, Writing