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Daniel Bran Griffith the Chattering Magpie
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Essayist, poet and blogger. Amateur photographer, semi-retired nurse and an occasional public speaker. Interests include art, history and folklore.
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David Bowie – I’m Afraid of Americans
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January 17, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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When will this carnival be over?
Every morning I awake with a feeling of dread and disappointment. My disappointment is because that great American orange piece of shit and a man if you can call him a man, yet he is still known to…
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January 16, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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The English Congregation ~ Softly Whispering I Love You (1971)
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January 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Perceived differences between Wiccan-Witchcraft and Traditional-Witchcraft
It can be said that Traditional Witchcraft is folk-magic, yet there are some forms that are also of a religious or strongly spiritual nature. Here I emphasise the word “some” as there i…
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January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Come on people, we can surely do better than a dozen signatures?

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January 15, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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From the archive – elemental associations (2006)
When people first begin to explore the occult and study magick, they are often confused by the elemental associations. Does the sword belong to air or fire? Should the wand be air and if so why? Th…
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January 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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A new blog post, something topical but far less ‘heavy’ than my recent output.

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Digital ID and the Dilemma of the Pensioner
During the latter half of 2025 the British Government floated the policy of Digital-ID. This initiative has been met with strong opposition from numerous quarters, primarily those concerned with pe…
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January 15, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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No Regrets (English version) Edith Piaf
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January 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Thomas Campion ~ Come let us sound with melodie the praises
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January 14, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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My Library 2024
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January 13, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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John Dowland ~ Come, heavy sleep: Come, heavy sleep
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January 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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I am back on Facebook and here is the post that got me a seven day ban.

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I support regime change in the Fascist States of America
On the 26th and 27th of December 2025, I wrote and published a post entitled ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ A link to that post can be found at the end of this reproof. Here I am, less than two week…
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January 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Plough Monday (Ritual Text)
Sigrdrifumol (stanza II) Henry Adams Bellows (Trans. 1936) Hail, day! Hail, sons of day! And night and her daughter now! Look on us here with loving eyes, That waiting we victory win. Sigrdrifumol …
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January 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Leornende Eald Englisc – Ġeofen (a Plough Monday chant)
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January 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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Elvis Presley – Always On My Mind
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January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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Today is a rather important anniversary.

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An Ordinance to dissolve the union between the State of Alabama and the other States united under the compact styled ‘The Constitution of the United States of America’
Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of president and vice-president of the United States of America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic i…
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January 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Thomas Campion ~ Though you are yoong and I am olde
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January 10, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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I need signatures. Boycott the USA.

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January 9, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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We are witness to the Desolation of Smug
‘The victory of Donald Trump in the presidential election of 2024 was for many a disappointment and that statement is in itself, something of an understatement. For us here in Britain however, it w…
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January 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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For What it’s Worth (with lyrics) – Buffalo Springfield (1967)
There’s something happening here But what it is ain’t exactly clear There’s a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware * I think it’s time we stop Children, what…
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January 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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The Left Banke – Walk away Renee
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January 8, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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2nd Maccabees chapter 13 verse 9 – New Revised Standard Version Anglicised Catholic Edition
A Battle near the City of Modein The king with barbarous arrogance was coming to show the Jews things far worse than those that had been done in his father’s time.
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January 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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Psalm 109 KJB #1a
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January 7, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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Homophobic WTF!
It has become increasingly rare for a day to pass by, without my having a WTF moment. I walk around the house asking myself; ‘What is wrong with people.’ Humanity disappoints me immensely and I am …
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January 7, 2026 at 5:31 AM
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Homophobia, Misogyny and the Anglican Communion?
During the summer of 2025 I was ‘accused’ of being ‘gay’ by a stranger on Facebook. This quite peculiar presumption was based entirely upon my choice of profile picture. I was using at that time, a…
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January 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM