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Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Killiecrankie
I stayed at Red Squirrel campsite, which is a pleasant little place by the river.
What strikes me, though, is that by highland standards the massacre of Glencoe was nothing out of the ordinary.It was the treachery that made it unacceptable. ...
frankbeswick, on 10/12/2013
The Birth of Edward VI: Joy Surrounded in Misery
It's medical term is puerperal fever and was a bacterial infection. I don't think it happens that much today since antibiotics are around and can clear the infection. I've not done much hunting or research, though. I think the biggest problem ...
AlexandriaIngham, on 10/12/2013
The Birth of Edward VI: Joy Surrounded in Misery
I keep coming across 'childbed fever' in histories and it's never occurred to me to actually work out what that would be today. Do you have any idea?
Nice telling of the birth of Edward VI. :)
Random fact of the day to go with it: there ...
JoHarrington, on 10/12/2013
A timely tale of three cities
I shared this on our community Pinterest board.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/183943966003928553/
cmoneyspinner, on 10/12/2013
Communism Deluxe Tour of Nowa Huta in Krakow
*slaps head* I really should have remembered that, shouldn't I? In my defence, I'd only just woken up when I replied to you before, and my mind was full of the Krakow Ghetto. I transferred all available (first cuppa) mental capacity to the ...
JoHarrington, on 10/12/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Ah! In that case, make mine a scrumpy with a whisky chaser! :D
JoHarrington, on 10/12/2013
Communism Deluxe Tour of Nowa Huta in Krakow
The Poles never forgot that the Soviets hadn't helped them during the Warsaw Uprising. They'd waited on the other side of the river and didn't intervene.
The way our guide told it, the Soviets wanted to be the great liberators all by ...
JoHarrington, on 10/12/2013
Visiting Auschwitz: Twenty Years After Writing my Dissertation About It
Jo, beer is a generic term in Australia, it means your favourite alcohol. No fence can reign in our egalitarian thirst.
Fargy, on 10/11/2013
A timely tale of three cities
Thanks Cmoneyspinner, it's tricky. People put up boundaries around themselves because they got hurt before. And those boundaries can make relations harder for people that come after.
We have those external boundaries too, like the Mexico ...
Fargy, on 10/11/2013
How to Find Affordable Fractal Art Gifts
Thank you very much Jo. I enjoy making them.
anitalite, on 10/11/2013
How to Find Affordable Fractal Art Gifts
Some of these pieces are absolutely gorgeous!
JoHarrington, on 10/11/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Killiecrankie
Shonna - Ooh! Would she be willing to talk about it now? If you asked her, now that you're older?
JoHarrington, on 10/11/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Killiecrankie
Frank - I was just a mile or so away, down the river, from the village. I walked up there to stand at the memorial, then wandered around to the loch and back. It was incredibly beautiful but, like you, I felt nothing actually preternatural.
JoHarrington, on 10/11/2013
Communism Deluxe Tour of Nowa Huta in Krakow
sflm - It's funny you should say that. Did you notice that no doors open onto the Avenue of Roses? This was indicative and quite deliberate. All front doors opened into central areas, which were accessed by a single archway apiece.
A ...
JoHarrington, on 10/11/2013
Communism Deluxe Tour of Nowa Huta in Krakow
Mira - I would especially love to know what you make of it. Perhaps there's a business opportunity for you to emulate there!
JoHarrington, on 10/11/2013