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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
11:05 am	Happy Birthday Happy birthday, trueriver. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
1:38 pm	We went to Scotland for a few days - it rained... A few photographs - since most of them were of clouds, magnificent scenery looking flat, and rain .... ( For those interested in wet hills ) (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
4:27 pm	Happy birthday! Lacking any skills at photo manipulation, I can only wish latin_cat a very Happy Birthday, and a Splendid Year ahead. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, September 4th, 2009
9:33 pm	Another day, another shuffle Originally from Sharpiefan and now all over my friends' journals....  You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. So here is the game! Hit shuffle on your ipod or mp3 player and write down the first 26 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun!   ( Is this really me? ) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
1:39 pm	From teh_elb  Rules: 01. Anyone who looks at this entry has to post this meme and their current wallpaper at their LiveJournal. 02. Explain in five sentences why you're using that wallpaper! 03. Don't change your wallpaper before doing this! The point is to see what you had on! I saw this when I was on holiday, and didn't have access to my own computer, and I thought: I'll do that when I get back. So here is my wallpaper: It's a picture I took last year, when we were staying in Cortina as part of our trip to Italy. We had gone out for a drive round the Austrian and Italian Dolomites, and it looked like a good road back to Cortina. It was beautiful, and we ignored the SatNav telling us to do a U-turn, but it turned out she was right, and the road ahead was closed to all but cyclists, walkers and an occasional bus. But the views were stunning, like this. It could be two centuries ago. For teh_elb  (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 18th, 2009
9:33 am	Where a little goes a long way and comes back I know some of you on my friends' List already know about Kiva, a non-profit that allows you to lend as little as $25 to a specific low-income entrepreneur across the globe - because that's how I heard about it. And a couple of months ago we decided to sign up, and chose two would-be borrowers... And yesterday we had our first repayments, which is filling me with joy, and the urge to lend it out again. You choose who to lend to - whether a baker in Afghanistan, a goat herder in Uganda, a farmer in Peru, a restaurateur in Cambodia, or a tailor in Iraq - or, as we did, a sheep farmer and a man who sells sewing machines in Tajikstan - and as they repay their loan, you get your money back. It’s a powerful and sustainable way to empower someone right now to lift themselves out of poverty. And it is works, and is fun... Take a look... http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=home (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, May 4th, 2009
2:41 pm	Pick a musical artist whose discography you know fairly well. Using ONLY THEIR SONG TITLES, try to answer these questions. Try not to repeat a song title. Pick your artist: ( Jacques Brel ) (Comment on this)
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
12:35 pm	And this from sentryguardt: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given. Edit: If you want to comment, but don't want 5 subjects - because you've already done it, or just don't wanna, please comment. I won't give anyone 5 things unless they ask... Edrington Edrington is a redcoat, and I have had a love for redcoats since I first started reading historical fiction - redcoats, and the Roman legions - and this would be in the early 50s. Kipling's verse and stories, The Flight of the Heron and then Zulu and Waterloo all gave me redcoats to admire and follow. Edrington, in Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters is beautifully portrayed by Sam West, is snarky and competent (as the best redcoats are) and I was delighted by him. I had just started a bit of internet digging, when the first RPG Per Mare, Per Terram was set. I joined, and then moved to StC. I'd already decided to give my Edrington his own name - Thomas - and backstory, to show that he was a different 'character' from Slutbunny and other Edringtons in fan fiction. Flood This was the great Carlisle Flood - the 200 year flood, when wind and tide backed the Eden up through Carlisle to within about 50 yards of our house. All one could see from the house was water, and why didn't I take a picture of it? I mentioned it when sentryguardt was driving through flooded fields in the winter. Otter (or seals/sealions) The seals on one of my user pics - from a photo I took at Nausicaa in Boulogne, when we used to live in the south and go to France for a day out. I love the anthropomorphic way they show affection and interest ... Narnia I read these as a child and enjoyed them, although they have not worn well. But Narnia as a playground in which to test the role-playing skills needed for StC - with danger, and courage, and battles, small and large - and torture, and love and angst and Sankt Nikolaus ... That was great fun, and allowed those of us playing there to exercise our imagination on fantasy as well as historical reality.... Green Green's a nice colour, though I'd rarely wear it myself. But I think that given the other topics it means Rifles to me at the moment. I read The Spanish Bride nearly 50 years ago. The book is very firmly based on the real life story of Harry Smith, of the 95th Rifles, who meets and marries a young (very young) Spanish girl after the siege of Badajoz, and she accompanies him and The Division everywhere. During a long and active marriage, including India and South Africa - the town of Ladysmith is named after her, and the smaller, less famous village of Harrysmith after her husband. The Spanish Bride, based on the memoirs of rifles officers, riflemen and all the other records of the Peninsular War is full of interesting characters, and danger and battle, and courage, and determination. I remember being excited when the Sharpe books were first written that here would be another chance to meet such an interesting cast of characters, but unfortunately Sharpe's stories did not feature any of them... No Harry and Juana, no Dan Cadoux, no Johnny Kincaid, or George Simmons, or Harris and Costello... (17 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, April 17th, 2009
1:32 am	Fröhliche Geburtstag! Happy birthday to openidwouldwork. I hope that you have the happy day you've earned with all the troubles, and that you get your computer back soon. Missing you... (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
2:34 pm	I don't think I have ever recommended a fiction before, but if you like Aubrey/Maturin, Zombies, or well written fiction, this epic from the Aubreyad Kink Meme on perfect_duet might appeal to you. Bringing a new glory to that well known author, poet and composer, Anonymous (and I didn't write it: I'm just pimping it!) The Zombreyad! (Comment on this)
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
3:12 am	22 February 2009 On 22 February 1969 I went out for dinner with Pam, my best friend from work, her fiance Ken, and his friend from his work, Owen. Thank you, Pam and Ken, from Rosina and Owen... We married on 2 September 1972. We are still together, though slightly less confident about the next 40 years. I wanted to be all upbeat, and offer advice and homely aphorisms. In the end, as 22 February 2009 dies, I can only say.... Happy Anniversary, Owen. (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
10:54 am	The BBC apparently believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here: How do your reading habits stack up? [bold those books you've read in their entirety, italicize the ones you started but didn't finish] ( Read more... ) (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 6th, 2009
2:24 pm	Poems From sharpiefan who had two. So will I then When you see this, post your favorite poem... 'Favourite poem' changes - sometimes I stick with one for weeks, but the first is Kipling. ( Read more... ) And the second Walter de la Mare - we did it for O-Level English (in 1963) but I do like it. Something of Narnia... ( Read more... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
3:26 pm	The letter meme From sharpiefan, who got it from latin_cat Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real... nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question. 01. What is your name: Rosina 02. A four letter word: roil 03. A boy's name: Raoul 04. A girl's name: Rachel 05. An occupation: roustabout 06. A color: rust 07. Something you wear: raincoat 08. A food: roast beef 09. A TV show: Ready, Steady, Cook 10. Something found in the bathroom: Razor 11. A place: Rolica 12. A reason for being late: "Road closed while they moved a flock of sheep!" 13. Something you shout: Right now! 14. A movie title: Ronin 15. Something you drink: Rum 16. A musical group: Rolling Stones 17. An animal: Rat 18. A street name: Russell Square 19. A type of car: Rolls Royce 20. The title of a song: Regarde bien, petit by Jacques Brel (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 11th, 2009
3:25 pm	Library thing.... Random books It changes each time you click on the link... If you do, why not comment on one or more of the books you see... Sort of like a meme, and then put the same thing on your journal - if you've got a librarything library... (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 24th, 2008
1:59 pm	Raoul des Sablières I have mentioned the RPG Show the Colours, which I adore. There are canon characters from Hornblower, Sharpe, and O'Brian, as well as own characters. One of the ones I write for is Raoul des Sablières, a French Hussar Captain on parole. He's a canon character in that I found him in a book by D K Broster, called "Mr Rowl". I do wonder if anyone around today has read it, or her other books such as The Flight of the Heron Well, Raoul has just acquired an avatar, based on this image: and manipulated by our player sans nom. And I am posting this just because I think she has made me such a beautiful and appropriate picture that I wanted it here too. And Show the Colours would welcome other players... (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 17th, 2008
11:19 am	( DO NOT READ ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
10:18 am	Another book meme From teh_elb, and others 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 56. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions. 5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST. "My father iss asking you," he said, in a manner which suggested that he was seeking for his words in an unfamiliar tongue, "to permit him to touch you, and to pe speaking with you. He iss almost blind. He hass not the English, but I will pe speaking for him." "Certainly, if he wishes it," replied Captain Windham with resignation, thinking that 'permission' to touch him might well have been asked earlier, and not taken so violently for granted. Neil took his father's hand, and led him up to the interview. The old man, who was obviously not completely blind, peered into the Englishman's face, while his hands strayed for a moment or two over his shoulders and breast. He then addressed a question to his elder son, who translated it. From The Flight of the Heron, by D K Broster. (Comment on this)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
1:54 pm	Another StC birthday Happy birthday, sharpiefan, and - well, I said it before, but Thank You for my Show the Colours. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, September 12th, 2008
1:07 pm	Happy birthday Happy birthday latin_cat. With gratitude for helping me, and his Lordship, find what life is really about. Role playing. For those who don't know, latin_cat is part of the gang (a vitally important part) at Show the Colours, the Napoleonic/Peninsular War Role Playing Game that has taken over my life. Almost literally. (And if you're interested, new blood is welcomed.) (Comment on this)