#Georgina lambe

[gild-and-fire]

sanditon was just pride and prejudice opening lines, jane eyre plot line, sexual repression, cyrano plot line, anti-army propaganda, beauty and the beast vibes, p&p (2005) hand flex scene, angst, north and south bbc enemies to lovers, yearning, back to pride and prejudice vibes, and sea-windswept hair.

#and I ate every second of it!!!!! #sanditon #charlotte heywood #heybourne #charlotte x colbourne #Georgina lambe #Allison heywood #Allison x Fraser #audreyrambles #sanditon season 2 #AudreyWatches

[footprintsldn]

Contrasting Cousins

  Michael Duncan gives us a sample of some of the characters from his Style and Scandal in St James’s tour which he will next be running on 8th October. There is a link at the bottom of the post if you want to join him to hear more! If you take a walk round St James’s, the Spencer family seems to pop up everywhere. The beginning of their association with the area came with the building Spencer…

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#City of Westminster guided tours #Georgina Duchess of Devonshire #Lady Caroline Lamb #London walks #St James&039;s Scandals #St James&039;s tour

[oughttobeclowns]

News: The Great British Bake Off Musical Prepares to Transfer to the Noël Coward Theatre

News: The Great British Bake Off Musical Prepares to Transfer to the Noël Coward Theatre

Mark Goucher Productions have announced that The Great British Bake Off Musical will transfer to the West End opening at the Noël Coward Theatre for a limited twelve-week run from 25 February to 13 May 2023. Created in association with Creative Director and Executive Producer Richard McKerrow and the producers of the TV phenomenon, Love Productions, this musical comedy has perfectly reimagined…

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#Aharon Rayner #Catriana Sandison #Charlotte Wakefield #Chris Poon #Claire Moore #Damian Humbley #Georgina Lamb #Jake Brunger #Jay Saighal #John Owen-Jones #Mark Collins #Michael Cahill #Pippa Cleary #Scott Paige

[malora-hightower]

Cold Gin and a Pandemic, Georgina Marie Guardado // The Carnivorous Lamb, Agustín Gómez-Arcos (trans. William Rodarmor) // Forgiving Our Fathers, Dick Lourie // Origin Story, Desireé Dallagiacomo // And My Father's Love Was Nothing Next To God's Will, Amatullah Bourdon

#aegon ii targaryen #aemond targaryen #helaena targaryen #idk if this has already been done #house of the dragon #hotd #houseofthedragonedit #hotdedit #welighttheway #web weaving #my edit #ww

[vintage1981]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROLINE MUNRO! 

Caroline Munro (born 16 January 1949 in Windsor, Berkshire) is a British actress and model best known for her many appearances in science fiction and action films of the 1970s and 1980s. According to Munro, her career took off in 1966 when her mother and photographer friend entered some headshots of her to Britain’s The Evening News “Face of the Year” contest.

“I wanted to do art. Art was my love. I went to Art School in Brighton but I was not very good at it. I just did not know what to do. I had a friend at the college who was studying photography and he needed somebody to photograph and he asked me. Unbeknownst to me, he sent the photographs to a big newspaper in London. The famous fashion photographer, David Bailey, was conducting a photo contest and my picture won.” 

This led to modelling chores, her first job being for Vogue Magazine at the age of 17. She moved to London to pursue top modelling jobs and became a major cover girl for fashion and TV ads while there. Decorative bit parts came her way in such films as Casino Royale and Where’s Jack? (1969). One of her many photo ads got her a screen test and a one-year contract at Paramount where she won the role of Richard Widmark’s daughter in the comedy/western A Talent for Loving (1969). 

1969 proved to be a good year for Munro, because it was then that she began a lucrative 10 year relationship with Lamb’s Navy Rum. Her image was plastered all over the country, and this would eventually lead to her next big break.

Hammer Films CEO Sir James Carreras spotted Munro on a Lamb’s Navy Rum poster/billboard. He asked his right hand man, James Liggett, to find and screen test her. She was immediately signed to a one-year contract. Her first film for Hammer proved to be something of a turning point in her career. It was during the making of Dracula AD 1972 that she decided from this film onward she was a full-fledged actress. Up until then she was always considered a model who did some acting on the side.

A string of fantasy and horror roles followed, including starring turns in Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), At the Earth’s Core (1976),  The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), StarCrash (1978), Maniac (1980), The Last Horror Film (1982), Faceless (1988), and The Black Cat (1989).

By the 1990s Munro had decided to focus more on her family, daughters, Georgina and Iona, and husband George Dugdale. However, since 2003 Caroline has renewed her interest in acting and has appeared in a number of film and audio productions. Since 2021 Caroline has been presenting the hit television series The Cellar Club for Talking Pictures TV.

The title First Lady of Fantasy was given to Caroline by journalist Steve Swires, who wrote many Starlog and Fangoria (@FANGORIA) articles on the actress in the 1980s and 1990s. 

Happy Birthday Caroline!

Official Website:  http://www.CarolineMunro.org

Representation: Thomas Bowington/Bowington Management

Some of her credits include: Dracula AD 1972 (1972), Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), At the Earth’s Core (1976), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), StarCrash (1978), Maniac (1980), The Last Horror Film (1982), Faceless (1988), The Black Cat (1989), Flesh for the Beast (2003), Turpin (2009), Midsomer Murders (2013), The Landlady (2013), Crying Wolf (2015), Vampyres (2015), Cute Little Buggers (2016), Frankula (2017), End User (2018), House of the Gorgon (2019), The Haunting of Margam Castle (2020), Ulalume - A Ballad (2023), The Pocket Film of Superstitions (2023), and the upcoming The Presence of Snowgood (2024).

#Caroline Munro #Hammer Films #Amicus Productions #James Bond #Bond Girls #The Spy Who Loved Me #StarCrash #Jess Franco #Paul Naschy #Captain Kronos #Dracula AD 1972 #The Last Horror Film #Slaughter High #Vampyres #Maniac #At The Earth's Core #Peter Cushing #British Actress #British Horror #BOTD #Doctor Who #The Golden Voyage of Sinbad #Ray Harryhausen

[mssarahmorgan]

Book 22 of 2024: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

This was basically tailor-made for me. A P&P retelling where Lydia is a witch? And Kitty is a CAT?? And Wickham is an ancient demon but also hot??? AND Georgina Lambe from Sanditon is in this!! Sign me the fuck up, this was great, 10/10, no notes.

What to read next: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow, for another historical fantasy that's just a delight from start to finish.

#books #books i've read #read in 2024 #fantasy #pride and prejudice #reading while parenting

[hesbuckcompton-baby]

OC Masterlist

Band of Brothers

Valerie Harmon - Once a bright-eyed university student, fascinated by all things art history, Valerie's life in France is thrown into chaos by the Nazi invasion, severing her from her family back in Vermont. A chance encounter with an Easy Company Captain reignites previously forgotten hopes of ever seeing home again, but even this is not without its trials.

Camille Whitney - Following the death of her youngest brother on the Western Front, Camille puts her nurse training to use and accompanies Easy Company on their journey through Europe. Utterly family-oriented, she finds new brothers in the men around her, but none could replace the one she has lost.

Marcie Clark - Growing up in San Francisco threw Marcie into the path of Joseph Liebgott, her childhood sweetheart and first love. But after circumstance and prejudice push them apart, it takes a war to reconcile their friendship as what it really is - a romance that never truly faded.

Faye Warren - An aspiring journalist, driven by the legacy of her father, Faye finds frustration in her line of work, constrained by the expectations thrust upon female writers. In a last act of desperation, she chases a story all the way from London to Nazi-occupied France, hoping to find an opportunity amongst the men of Easy Company.

The Pacific

Anna March - After her family is rocked by horrendous tragedy, Anna finds herself permanently changed by the time her childhood friend, Eugene Sledge, returns from war. Both irrevocably scarred by the events of the last few years, they must come to terms with the new people before them whilst still struggling with old, long buried feelings.

SAS: Rogue Heroes

Diana Fayed - Adopted out of poverty by an infamous army general, Diana’s whole life has revolved around proving her worth and becoming the soldier her father believes she can be. Overlooked and dismissed by her superiors, she finally finds a place among the unruly ranks of the newly formed L Detachment, a group that will prove to be her biggest challenge yet.

Masters of The Air

Frances 'Frankie' Bevan - A qualified aircraft mechanic and member of the WAAF, Frankie has spent her entire youth fascinated by all things mechanical. Her latest posting at Thorpe Abbotts promises to be no different from her previous jobs at first, but the 100th Bomb Group are nothing like the RAF pilots she's used to, and Frankie's about to learn that the pain of war will find you no matter where you are.

Georgina 'George' Aarons - Frankie's best friend and a telegraph operator at Thorpe Abbotts, George's budding romance with the pilot Curtis Biddick was only ever going to end in tragedy.

Susie Lamb - A Captain and driver in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, Susie has a reputation for being perhaps the most disliked woman in all of Thorpe Abbotts. However, as the sixth of eight children from a near-impoverished family, it becomes alarmingly clear that the answers to her present lay in her past, and she's not quite the woman everyone thinks she is.

Gwen Dastrup - Chicago native and daughter to Danish immigrants, Gwen's dreams of becoming a published historian are dashed by the breakout of war, and she volunteers with the Red Cross, becoming a clubmobile girl at Thorpe Abbotts. But when she catches the attention of John Brady and RAF Captain Michael Fenton, she is torn between choosing the man she loves and the easiest route to achieving the career she's always aspired to.

#band of brothers #the pacific #sas rogue heroes #hbo war #band of brothers oc #the pacific oc #sas: rogue heroes oc #sas rogue heroes oc #sas: rogue heroes #band of brothers fic #the pacific fic #sas rogue heroes fic #ronald speirs #eugene roe #joseph liebgott #shifty powers #eugene sledge #reg seekings #ronald speirs x oc #eugene roe x oc #eugene sledge x oc #joseph liebgott x oc #reg seekings x oc #shifty powers x oc #masters of the air #rosie rosenthal x oc #masters of the air oc #rosie rosenthal #curtis biddick

[whitegownsandflowercrowns]

My Faves As Preacher’s Daughter

Family Tree (Intro) - Helaena Targaryen

Jesus can always reject his father/But he cannot escape his mother’s blood/He’ll scream and try to wash it off of his fingers/But he’ll never escape what he’s made up of/The fates already fucked me sideways/Swinging by my neck from the family tree

American Teenager - Luna Lovegood

Grew up under yellow light on the street/Putting too much faith in the make believe/And another high school football team/[…]/And I feel it there/In the middle of the night/When the lights go out/And I’m all alone out here/Say what you want/But say it like you mean it with your fists for once/A long Cold War with your kids at the front/Just give it one more day then you’re done, done/I do what I want/[…]/I’m doing what I want and damn I’m doing it well/For me

A House In Nebraska - Shosanna Dreyfus

You and me against the world/You were my man and I your girl/We had nothing except each other/You were my whole world/[…]/And I still call home/That house in Nebraska/[…]/And you might never come back home/And I might never sleep at night/But God I just hope that you’re out there somewhere/I just pray that you’re all right/And I feel so alone/And I feel so alone out here

Western Nights - Evelyn Evernever

I’d hold the gun/If you asked me to/But if you love me like you say you do/Would you ask me to?/[…]/Trouble’s always gonna find you baby/But so will I/[…]/I’m never gonna leave you baby/Even if you lose what’s left of your mind/Cause you know I’ll be right there beside you/Riding through all these Western nights

Family Tree - Peter Gordon

These crosses all over my body/Remind me of who I used to be/Give myself up to him in offering/[…]/I’m just a child but I’m not above violence/My mama raised me better than that/[…]/So take me down to the river/And bathe me clean/[…]/I’ve killed before, and I’ll kill again/Take the noose off, wrap it tight around my hand/[…]/And Christ, forgive these bones I’ve been hiding/Oh, and the bones I’m about to leave

Hard Times - Laura Palmer

Tell me a story about how it ends/Where you’re still the good guy, I’ll make pretend/Cause I hate this story/Where happiness ends and dies with you/I thought good guys get to be happy/I’m not happy/I am poison in the water and unhappy/Little girl who needs her daddy real bad

Thoroughfare - Mantis

I met you there in Texas somewhere on the thoroughfare/On the side of the road in some torn up clothes with a pistol in my pocket/I didn’t trust no one, but you said “baby don’t run, I’ll take you anywhere”/So I hopped right in, outta luck to spend, and at least your truck beats walking/And you said “hey, do you wanna see the west with me?”/[…]/But in these motel rooms I started to see you differently/Cause for the first time since I was a child/I could see a man who wasn’t angry

Gibson Girl - Georgina Sparks

He’s cold blooded so it takes more time to bleed/Obsession with the money, addicted to the drugs/[…]/“Baby if it feels good/Then it can’t be bad”/And if you want it good/Downright iconic

Ptolemaea - Max Mayfield

I followed you in and I was with you there/I invited you in twice, I did/[…]/Suffer does the wolf, crawling to thee/Promising a big fire, any fire/Saying I’m the one, he’s gonna take me/I’m on fire, I’m on fire, I’m on fire/Suffering is nigh, drawing to me/Calling me the one, I’m the white light/Beautiful, finite/Even the iron still fear the rot/Hiding from something I cannot stop/Walking on shadows I can’t lead him back/Buckled on the floor when night comes along/Daddy’s left and Momma won’t come home/You poor thing/Sweet mouring lamb/There’s nothing you can do/It’s already been done/What fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me/Please don’t look at me/[…]/Stop, stop, stop, make it stop/[…]/Blessed be the children/Each and every one come to know their god through some senseless act of violence

August Underground - India Stoker

Televangelism - Beth March

Sun Bleached Flies - Laura Lee

What I wouldn’t give to be in church this Sunday/Listening to the choir so heartfelt all singing/“God loves you, but not enough to save you”/So baby girl good luck taking care of yourself/[…]/And I just prayed/And I keep praying, and praying and praying/If it’s meant to be, then it will be

Strangers - Cassie Ainsworth

Thinking back to what I was always told/“Don’t talk to strangers or you might fall in love”/[…]/I tried to be good/Am I no good? Am I no good? Am I no good?/With my memory restricted to a Polaroid in evidence/I just wanted to be yours/Can I be yours? Can I be yours? Just tell me I’m yours/[…]/Don’t think about it too hard or you’ll never sleep a wink at night again/Don’t worry bout me and these green eyes

#Cassie for strangers is a stretch but oh well #Ethel Cain #preacher’s daughter #helaena targaryen #luna lovegood #shosanna dreyfus #evelyn evernever #also this is Evelyn from season 3-4 not 7 #Peter gordon #laura palmer #mantis #Georgina sparks #max mayfield #india stoker #beth march #Laura lee #cassie ainsworth

[baubeautyandthegeek]

Lambs To The Slaughter - Shasta/Georgina Stanton

A/N: Day 22 for @fluffyfebruary

Sacrifice. Once Georgina had thought that Shasta, that Julia, sweet Julia, was crazy asking for such big sacrifices, but now… now she sat in the circle, surrounded by the five sisters, Shasta cradled close. The drink is taken slowly, one woman at a time and as they fall Georgina whispers the needed prayers, the needed pleas to goddesses she doubts will forgive her, she had to try. Now, as Shasta coughs and shudders awake, she moves slowly, scooping the woman up in her arms to carry her to bed, leaving the fallen sacrifice behind. “Please live, Julia…” Soft whispered pleas, her promise to save Julia is still true, even as she feels her eyes dampen with unshed tears when Shasta, her own dear Julia, wakes slowly, soft eyes taking her in before her lips curve upwards into a soft smile. “Georgina…” “I’m here love…” It's enough. It had to be enough but Georgina knows she will sleep better with Shasta in her arms. She will happily call the woman Shasta if she wants, but she knows, deep in her heart, she will always love Julia the most.

#shasta #the midnight club #georgina stanton #shasta/georgina #georgina/shasta #fluffyfebruary #fluffy february #fluffyfebruary2024 #fluffy february 2024 #day 22

[fearsmagazine]

THE WATCHERS | Official Trailer & Images

You can’t see them, but they see everything.

From producer M. Night Shyamalan comes “The Watchers,” written for the screen and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

(L-R) OLIVER FINNEGAN as Daniel, OLWEN FOUÉRÉ as Madeline, DAKOTA FANNING as Mina and GEORGINA CAMPBELL as Ciara in New Line Cinema’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy thriller “THE WATCHERS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Where are. Who are. What are...

“The Watchers” stars Dakota Fanning (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Ocean’s Eight”), Georgina Campbell (“Barbarian,” “Suspicion”), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out,” “Outlander”) and Olwen Fouere (“The Northman,” “The Tourist”). The film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.

GEORGINA CAMPBELL as Ciara and DAKOTA FANNING as Mina in New Line Cinema’s and Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy thriller “THE WATCHERS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures

Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).

New Line Cinema presents “The Watchers,” set to open in theaters internationally beginning 12 June 2024 and in North America on June 14, 2024; it will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.

#youtube #film news #movie news #thewatchers #m. night shyamalan #ishana night shyamalan #a.m. shine #dakota fanning #trailer #images #new line cinema #horror #creature #thriller

[dear-indies]

Hi, there! I was wondering can you recommend me some female poc fcs (or mixed race) in their 20’s? Preferably with dark hair! Thank you so much in advance!

Georgina Campbell (1992) Afro Jamaican / English.

Yalitza Aparicio (1993) Mixtec and Triqui.

Olivia Liang (1993) Chinese.

Mina El Hammani (1993) Moroccan.

Amrit Kaur (1993) Indian.

Ashley Moore (1993) African-American, Cherokee, White.

Aisha Dee (1993) African-American / White.

Kitty Chicha Amatayakul (1993) Thai.

Lydia West (1993) Afro Montserratian / English.

Lyrica Okano (1994) Japanese.

Frankie Adams (1994) Samoan.

Jasmin Savoy Brown (1994) African-American / English, German, Norwegian, some Scots-Irish/Northern Irish - is queer.

Taylor Russell (1994) Black Canadian / European.

Bae Suzy (1994) Korean.

Jessica Sula (1994) Afro-Trinidadian, Chinese / Estonian, German.

Aurora Perrineau (1994) African-American, Afro-Haitian / English, Irish, French, German.

Natasha Liu Bordizzo (1994) Chinese / Italian.

Ana Hikari (1994) Japanese, European, African, Jewish, and Unspecified Indigenous Brazilian - is bisexual

Moses Ingram (1994) African-American.

Sophia Ali (1995) Pakistani / Sicilian Italian, Danish, Norwegian, German.

Adeline Rudolph (1995) Korean / German.

Ayo Edebiri (1995) Nigerian / Afro Barbadian.

Coty Camacho (1995) Mixtec and Zapotec - is pansexual.

Simone Ashley (1995) Tamil Indian.

Ryan Destiny (1995) African-American, some Irish.

Natacha Karam (1995) Lebanese / Irish.

Maddison Jaizani (1995) Iranian / British.

Zión Moreno (1995) Mexican [Spanish and Unspecified Native American] - is a trans woman.

Sasha Lane (1995) African-American, Māori, English, Scottish, Sorbian, French, Cornish, distant German, Italian, Belgian Flemish, Russian, and Northern Irish - is gay and has schizoaffective disorder.

Hanako Greensmith (1995) Japanese / English.

Jessie Mei Li (1995) Hongkonger / English - is gender non-nonconforming woman and uses she/they.

Brittany O'Grady (1996) Louisiana Creole [African, French] / English, Irish, as well as Swiss-German, German, Welsh, and Dutch.

Chase Sui Wonders (1996) Tahitian, Chinese, Japanese, and Unknown White.

Kim Se Jeong (1996) Korean.

Tati Gabrielle (1996) African-American / Korean.

Eva Noblezada (1996) Filipino / Mexican.

Ella Balinska (1996) Afro Jamaican / Polish and English.

Sydney Park (1997) African-American / Korean.

Thaddea Graham (1997) Chinese.

Alaqua Cox (1997) Menominee and Mohican - she is Deaf and an amputee who uses a prosthetic leg.

Alyah Chanelle Scott (1997) African-American.

Lana Condor (1997) Vietnamese.

Morgan Holmstrom (1997) Metis of Cree descent, Ilocano Filipino, Sambal Filipino, and possibly Tagalog Filipino.

Blair Lamora (1997) Ojibwe and Argentinian.

Amber Midthunder (1997) Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux, Hudeshabina Nakoda Sioux, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux, Chinese-Thai, and English.

Kaylee Bryant (1997) Japanese (paternal grandfather), German, Irish, English, Danish - is queer and uses she/they.

Coco Jones (1998) African-American.

Lovie Simone (1998) Ghanaian / African-American.

Imani Lewis (1999) African-American.

Star Slade (1999) Vietnamese and Metis - is pansexual.

Sofia Bryant (1999) African-American and Finnish.

Kayla Maisonet (1999) Afro Puerto Rican / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Alycia Pascual-Pena (1999) Afro Dominican.

Savannah Lee Smith (2000) African-American - is bisexual.

Celia Rose Gooding (2000) African-American - is bisexual and grey asexual.

Auli'i Cravalho (2000) Puerto Rican, Kānaka Maoli, Portuguese, Chinese, Irish - is bisexual.

Anna Lambe (2000) Inuit - is bisexual.

Quei Tann (2000) African-American - is a trans woman and a lesbian.

Here you go, let me know if you'd like more!

#fc help #rph #rpc #also i'll be sending you a DM shortly!

[gild-and-fire]

sanditon s2 was so good!! they rlly said s1 who???

pls forget all about her and meet miss s2. we have the hottest male leads and all the tastiest tropes

#sanditon #sanditon season 2 #charlotte x colbourne #heybourne #charlotte heywood #Allison x Fraser #Georgina lambs #AudreyRambles #AudreyWatches

[georgina-layla]

"A Friday conversation with God"

I look out my window; Each ray of light reaching out to touch me, A mother’s attempt to first warm a babe born to flesh and blood -  A weeping lamb in search of his shepherd.

“Are you afraid of me?” I ask the air, a prominent call to a presence I have not yet felt comfort in accepting, “that I cannot love you the way you intended me to?” He breaks his silence, blissfully unaware of the flame and iron that brand my throat -  A lamb’s cry to care, scorched to his skin  a million moments of safety and sacrifice, all for his name.

I seethe at it; a child’s first beating left bare on untouched skin; pink and raw, an innocence I had so long craved. “Do you get sick of it?” I felt Him ask, with a love so torturous I begin to itch. “Have I made you so unwell?”

“No,” I reply, “i cannot grow tiresome of what we are.” Sunshine touches me again, Soft and silent, a father’s pride passed on through a fleeting glance over the dinner table. “i am carved by your blade, am I not? But if you are not careful, Lord, I will die by it too.”

Light touches me once more, but not with love, with understanding. A being, all almighty in his power and pride, Staring down at a sheep wounded.

For a moment,  I ask myself if in our conversation -  All my suffering and rage, If he was reminded of his own Son, carved open tenfold -  A loneliness wrapped in my mother’s favourite childhood blanket, My father’s scent of fresh linen worn into his very being -  For sins he did not commit?

Fingers lodged inside my throat, I choke and call to him again -  Presence felt, but no answer. Had a believer ever debated with God before? Had the sheep ever called the Shepherd to prayer? He sits with me now, Upon my childhood bedsheets, Pawing at my holy church -  Ground cursed and blessed in blood he born me to do so. I look at him then, his mortal shape no different from my own, Blasphemic and beautiful on its own.

“Do I remind you of him?” I ask, shaking with a hunger so ravenous I yearn to bite. “You do.” He replies, yet I do not look over, betrayal laced like a young girl’s first introduction to womanhood by her mother- Grief and fury shared as one. “it is exhausting being your creation, you have cursed me twice over.”

“Have I?” He ordains to speak, Sunlight sucking back through my window, “has my image become too much for you?”

I look over then, Ready to scatter my ashes directly into his palm, Knife at the throat, an apology uttered to no one in particular. He is not there -  A shape of grace and envy stained still into my cushion.

Sunlight returns to me once more -  A soft stinging of a stroke on my bare cheek; Not an apology, But an understanding.

I bare the image of Father and Son alike; And all the grief gifted generation to generation. He understands, without rage or shame, That I am like him, That I must like upon him, All the treasures and treacheries he has endured, So that He is not lonely upon a throne of light, But that he is seen and understood.

As He exists for His first time, too.

Georgina Layla Spendiff "Entries from a Catholic School"

#poetry #religious trauma #religious imagery #religious poetry #catholiscism #catholic school #catholic school trauma #writers and poets #prose writing #spilled prose #spilled thoughts

[oughttobeclowns]

Review: The Great British Bake Off - The Musical, Everyman Theatre Cheltenham

Review: The Great British @bakeoffmusical, @Everymanchelt

A review of the sweetly enjoyable The Great British Bake Off – The Musical at the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham that avoids any mention of soggy bottoms “Where would a gin be without its tonic Why did the Krankies become iconic” Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary have form with their commitment to theatre outside of London – their take on The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ premiered at…

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#Aharon Rayner #Annette Yeo #Catriana Sandison #Charlotte Wakefield #Claire Moore #Damian Humbley #David Haydn #Gabriella Sylianou #Georgina Lamb #Jake Brunger #Jay Saighal #Jaye Jacobs #John Owen-Jones #Louis Gaudencio #Michael Cahill #Pippa Cleary #Rosemary Ashe #Scott Paige #Simbi Akande

[mygainyear2024]

Day 16 I found my garlic limit!

I had a restless sleep, I imagine from the late coffee yesterday.  I was dreaming I was narrating the Netflix movie Scoop (Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were in my head!) and I woke with a fright when I heard “head north east on Rua do Oceano Índico”, out of my iPhone. For some reason google maps went off, it was 11.30pm! WTF 😂

Today I booked the train to Albufeira, excited to see this party town!  I wasn’t sure if a bus was an option to Old Town.  The staff member at the station said "outside" but on looking at the times and route I wasn’t hopeful, so I ordered a Bolt.  I noticed a couple of young women looking at the timetable and walking away so I offered them a lift.  I said "I’m going to a coffee roaster first and I’m not sure how close it is to Old Town but you’re welcome to join me".  They looked a bit tentative at first and then decided to jump in 😂 We headed to Al-Gharb, I did say there was no obligation to have coffee together, but they wanted to and then paid for mine, and their “famous” banana bread while I was in the WC.  So kind of them.  Delightful young women, Julie and Rike, studying to be teachers, living 3 hours from Hamburg.  I’m sure they thought I’d taken speed, I couldn’t stop talking 😹 We discussed travel, teaching, my kids, Julie’s siblings, Rike’s job in a public paying school, creepy men at their Airbnb in Lagos, living in a post Covid world. I set them free and had a second coffee and then headed to some earmarked pottery and cork shops, lunch and gelato.

I purchased a lovely cork necklace, discounted to €10, from a baby/kids store that had a small table of jewellery. I managed to discern that it was indeed handmade locally by a woman who no longer makes jewellery as she has arthritis. I also purchased a locally made ceramic bowl that I'll use to eat my granola while I'm holidaying and beyond. I could have bought so much more, but on this trip I don't want to worry about breaking things over a longer period of time!

I’d pre-booked lunch using The Fork app and was a tad disappointed after sitting down to hear the waitress telling me the three octopus dishes were not available (no catch for that day). I looked at the menu and used google translate, saw there was squid (so I could eat that), I already knew the cod was frozen (as I'd asked at another restaurant) and I could have carapaus (mackerel) and even though I don't eat beef, pork or lamb, if I had to I could have the pica-pau (woodpecker!). I thought this must be a mistake and I assumed quail or similar. On her return the carapaus was not an option either, it was going to take too long to make, que?  I told her I had time! "Would an hour be enough?" She walked away, came back and said “it’s not possible”.  I asked about the woodpecker and she laughed, no it was some beef dish, sounded like dried or carpaccio* (after sleeping on this, maybe it’s smoked 🤔). I ended up with squid, in loads of oil and garlic and I asked for sweet potato.  The waitress said “don’t you like cheese?” Of course I like cheese, so thinking what I ordered was not enough I got cheese and the usual slightly dry bread (no wonder there's oil, it's to make the dry bread edible! Sadly when it came out it looked like a heart attack waiting to happen, melted with more oil and garlic.  The rosé was good, the sweet potato never came, but a salad was on my bill. I should have asked for the salad 😂 I did say there was way too much oil and garlic and the waitress said "this is the way in Portugal"...OK!

I didn’t need it, but after some more wandering in the heat, I had it anyway...gelato, from Georgina Gelato - pistachio, salted caramel and snickers! 

Heading back in the Bolt the temperature gauge showed 31°.  The lovely Bolt driver said summer temperatures are usually around 32°, and it’s only Spring 🥵 We had a fantastic conversation about ice cream after I asked him how long he’d been living in the Algarve (I've noticed all of the Bolt/Uber drivers aren't locals). He’d been in Albufeira for nearly four years, coming to help his mum make and sell ice cream. She’d studied the art in Italy.  They only sell to a shop called Sailor. I did see that shop, but it didn’t feature as highly as Georgina on the google ratings. I should have got that guys number. I wonder can I track him down on the Bolt app, or maybe that will get me banned and that wouldn't be good, as I now have 15% discount on my next five trips.

I got on the right train to come "home", I triple checked!

Tomorrow I collect my tiles 🤩

*It got the better of me so I googled it, sounds delicious for those who eat beef. Pica pau is a traditional Portuguese dish consisting of small pieces of fried beef in a light gravy made with beer, garlic, oil, chili, and mustard. The dish is usually consumed as a snack, accompanied by a few glasses of cold beer and bread for mopping up the sauce. When served, pica pau is traditionally topped with olives and pickled carrots and cauliflowers. The name of the dish means woodpecker, because you pick at the beef with a wooden toothpick. Pica pau is a staple of the Portuguese tascas – tiny little restaurants.

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The Gilded Age, Ep 2x05 – Close Enough to Touch (Spoilers)

Going to quickly recap this episode.  Not because I’m behind, but because this episode was so phoned in by the writers.  I’m sorry, but there was nothing in this episode that was entirely or almost entirely predictable.

Larry is behaving foolishly, so he’s being sent back to New York.  Once there, he has a chance encounter with Marion.  And, again, it’s clear that the writers are doing a slow burn with these two characters.  The scene shows they are both compatible for each other, but neither of them realize this yet.

Also, Larry is put to work by George.  It turns out that George is one of the trustees overseeing the building of the New Brooklyn Bridge; but there seems to be some question about the man overseeing the project.  George can’t look into it as he has to deal with the possible strike in his factory.  Larry is asked to check it out.  Larry goes to the man’s house and quickly deduces that it is his wife who is actually running the project.  As it can’t be known that a woman is in charge (as people might not use the bridge because it was built by a woman and how can a woman know such things?}, they have to keep up the ruse.

Miss Beaton is asking around about Oscar’s intentions.  Oscar, meanwhile, is able to convince Miss Beaton to allow him to go meet with her financial advisor.  There Oscar finds out about how Miss Beaton’s money is being used in an investment opportunity.  One that Oscar, even though he doesn’t know what it is and the advisor is quite vague in his answers, decides to purchase a small stake in.  This is the one plot that I’m not sure where it’s going simply because I’m not sure if Oscar is being his usual greedy self or if he’s using money to figure out if Miss Beaton is getting duped. 

Peggy and Fortune continue to work on their story in Alabama.  They are invited to go the restaurant that is owned by one of the student’s mothers.  Of course, this is where Peggy gets a taste of what life is really like in the South.  It’s clear this is supposed to be a place of refuge.  I say supposed to be, as this is based on the real world and, unsurprisingly, there are many folks who don’t allow that kind of comfort.  During the meal two white males, one who seems to have been the enslaver of the mother, come in and start harassing the patrons.  This becomes too much for Fortune, who demands that the two men stop.  He even gets into a shoving match with one of the men.  Of course, he quickly realizes that this action has put Peggy and himself in a lot of danger.  The two end up hiding from a mob in a barn.  After the mob passes, in the heat of the moment, the two kiss.  I admit I don’t know much about the history of Fortune; it is possible he was known to have relations with other women other than his wife.  But if that isn’t the case and this is something they’re just making up for drama, eh no.  Don’t do that.

Ada tells Agnes about how she’s getting married…in a week.  Agnes disapproves and tries to get everyone not to attend the wedding.  She even tries to get the Rector to not marry her sister.  In the end, everyone goes to the wedding…including Agnes.  As quickly as they are going through this storyline, I fully expect Luke to be dead by the end of the season. 

Bertha is about to host The Duke and everything must go perfectly.  Enter Ms. Winterton and her grade B villain schemes.  Long story short, as she knows the party will mean they will hire temporary cooks, she has a man she knows get a job on the inside.  She also enlists the help of Peter, one of the waiters at the Russel house, to help.  And their plan may have worked had they not LITERALLY DONE EVERY ACT OF SABATOGE INFRONT OF THE REST OF THE STAFF!!  The staff immediately know what happened, know who was behind it, and quickly save the day.  Meanwhile, like a lamb to the slaughter, Georgina is paraded in front of The Duke.  We know what Bertha wants. 

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