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Ballad Blues

Ballad Blues for Jamie MacNab

A ballad was the chosen form,
Or so our Jamie said.
It tells a tale and gallops on
So that’s the way to head. Continue reading “Ballad Blues”

Who’s the Second Class Citizen?

Most of us have been brought up in a Judeo Christian tradition, where the bible has been used to shape our way of thinking and culture. The following verses have had a huge influence on the way the two genders have been treated, and are expected to behave:

Genesis, 2

v. 21:
And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

v.22:
And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

v.23:
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And the rest, as they say, is history. But there’s more, read on …

On This Day – 18th February 1546

Luther_death-hand_mask — Death Mask Martin Luther

On the 18th of February 1546, Martin Luther died in Eisleben.

Now according to David Starkey (who was my tutor when I learnt all this stuff) Martin’s big problem was constipation, which made him extremely irritable – especially with indulgence sellers….