Looking forward to the final season of the 'A Discovery of Witches' trilogy. Just been announced for January here. 😀

Real by preference but false for convenience.

Star or Angel atop the tree?

Some ten plus years ago, we were at a Christmas market in Nuremberg. In front of the Frauenkirche, a stage had been erected and some children from a local Kindergarten were giving a carol concert. Their little faces were so happy as they sang this:

Many years ago, when we were young and newly married, we were walking through a small arcade of shops in Ipswich, Suffolk. It was our first Christmas away from home (I was in the Air Force) and family. We were already quite emotional and this was playing as we walked through the beautifully decorated Tudor style arcade. Even now, forty-one years later, it still tears at my heartstrings.

Abba - Happy New Year.

Hard to say. Both can be good or bad depending on the source material.

Kurt Jurgens or Kurt Russell?

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I raised a ticket regarding the lack of email notifications some two months ago. Now there are no email notifications for anything. Not for story comments, new stories from those I follow, not even for direct messages. I feel that this is a very important problem and likely to be detrimental to the site.

I'm getting email notifications for messages sent to me so I was not aware of this. I'll ask about that too.

When my latest chapter was verified, Yas send the usual message but I didn't get the email notification, so I am assuming that no DMs are being notified. Story comments don't get email notifications either. They used to, but not anymore. I haven't had an email notification from SS since 15th Nov.

I raised a ticket regarding the lack of email notifications some two months ago. Now there are no email notifications for anything. Not for story comments, new stories from those I follow, not even for direct messages. I feel that this is a very important problem and likely to be detrimental to the site.

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I've re-synced the badges, can you let me know if they're correct.

Mine have been updated, but I am still 7 or 8 badges missing.

The chosen words from Carl Sagen, as read by Geraldine James, not to mention the stunning video, makes Ad Astra by Nightwish a pure joy to see and hear.

The Last of His Kind. From the superb 2019 Edenbridge album, Dynamind.

In the spirit of unification and remembrance, here is a song that was loved by soldiers on both sides during World War Two.

Congratulations to the winners and runners up. I agree with Molly, There were some excellent entries and I am sure that it wasn't easy.

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This is what I'm listening to at the moment. Just because.

Which brought to mind...

Another new discovery for me. She is called Harriet, and all I can say is... Wow, just wow!

Fortunately, Anna's Teddy Bear knows when to keep its mouth shut! 🐻

Here in the UK, all NHS staff are now required to be double vaccinated by April '22 or lose their jobs. I can't believe that anyone in the medical profession would even consider not being vaccinated! That truly is incredibly selfish.

Katie Melua - Tiny Alien

Rumer - P.F. Sloan

I went to the doctor recently as I was suffering from acute constipation.

He asked all the things I had used to try to relieve it, and he admitted that there was only one thing left to try.

He handed me a small capsule.

"Place this in your back passage as soon as you get home and come back and see me tomorrow afternoon."

As arranged, I went back the following day and he asked,

"Any improvement?"

I shook my head, sadly.

"No Doctor. I still can't go."

"Did you do as I asked, with the suppository?"

"The thing is, Doctor," I replied, hesitantly. "We don't have a back passage, so I put it in the garden. Is that ok?"

I'm staying at home. It's too peopley outside! 🙄

That is Hohenschwangau, the village that nestles at the foot of the Alps just below Neuschwanstein Castle... damn, I really want to be there! 😪

Steamed chicken breast with white cabbage, baby potatoes, and gravy made with stock from a previous roast chicken.

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But if its Christmas why would there be a winter's fire? Christmas is all about heat and humidity, July is the time for winter ghost stories.

I have Rellies in NZ. But no, It just wouldn't work for me. This is Christmas for me:

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One last thing for now. Just in case you may have missed it with the excitement of the changeover, we now have a Historical Fiction category. I know quite a few people have been asking for that and we finally got it.

I am sure that I will be seen in that category in the future. 😉

I think there are too many chapters to re-position for my Nurses tale, though, so I will stick to drama for the remainder of it. 👍