Curious Royal Epithets July 4, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Medieval, Modern…in, 4 Jul 2016, with ‘Edward I of England. Edward Longshanks or ‘The Hammer of The Scots’ The guy is a twofer.’ no disagreeing with that. Invisible, 4 Jul 2016,…
Cellphones and the Paranormal January 12, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Actualite…a simple position. There are, he believed, a core of paranormal experiences that repeat themselves in every culture at every time: invisible knocking, levitation, throwing stones, strange whirring sounds… Lang…
Index Biography #32: Prize a book July 31, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary, Modern***Invisible got this one, spool down for the answer*** The Index Biography is a new form of biography pioneered by this blog and introduced in a previous post. The creator…
Creepy Christmas Fairy Tale December 21, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…invisible (?) fairies were presumably compelling our man through the streets and towards the cemetery: fairies and the dead are often associated. Strange as these facts may appear, they are…
Jane Fool July 8, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…Invisible, 30 Jul 2017, ‘I’m afraid I’m a bit skeptical about the bald-head idea. Are there actual accounts for payment to “shave the head of Jayne ye Foole”? Or are…
Fat Boy Blusters October 23, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary…the next fifty years. Other WIBT moments from world history: drbeachcombing At yahoo DOT com Invisible writes in , 25 Oct 2016: Bockscar is in the National Museum of the…
Beachcombed 78 December 1, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed…Three Kings: Bruce T on battles with tribal confederations and Beach himself with Brunanburh… The Cuckold, The Painted Belly: Chris S. with the story (Kevin also got it), Invisible and…
In Search of the Earliest Fairy Wings December 17, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…buster?’ It is (just) conceivable that Tinkerbell here is still alive and giving her neighbours hell today. Let’s hope so. 17 Dec 2016: Invisible goes wide… Cleverly evading your actual…
Beachcombed 79 January 1, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Beachcombed…with menstrual discharge… Britain and Pearl Harbor: Bruce T raining ‘stupid’ on this particular conspiracy theory… Burning Bluecoat Memoirs: Invisible on an inspiration and heedless youth… Child Murder in a…
The Eternal Mystic March 19, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Ancient, Contemporary, Medieval, Modern…marvels in Disney cartoons, sunsets over the Pacific? These mystics would, in any case, have their visions, their invisible friends, their insights… They would curse and they would cure. Is…
Burning Bluecoat Memoirs December 14, 2016
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…Dec 2016, Invisible writes: A 1770 book, perhaps the inspiration for the unfortunate Mr Webb. The fortunate Blue-coat boy : or, memoirs of the life and happy adventures of Mr….
Daily History Picture: Paleo Tines January 5, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical PicturesWhen these animals were frightening. The intricacy and unreality of the horns… Invisible, 8 Jan 2017: While the creature in the painting is a little Seussian, I don’t see that…
Searching for the Author of ‘Do Not Stand at My Grave’ August 17, 2014
Author: Beach Combing | in : Contemporary…my tribe shall have become a myth among the White men, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe, and when your children’s children think themselves alone…
Cockney Wandering Jew January 27, 2017
Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern…cockney Wandering Jew the invention of a reviewer? Invisible writes in with this stuff 29 Jan 2016: Not exactly a non-fiction Wandering Jew story, but this novel, published in 1928:…