tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1179601082890537401..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Swimming in the Pools That Time ForgotOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14129984060327532692021-03-08T05:46:08.355-05:002021-03-08T05:46:08.355-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643338577557500181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77289100600363694082021-02-21T17:26:32.028-05:002021-02-21T17:26:32.028-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062521498551331545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-7120467255728822932017-07-11T10:40:38.406-04:002017-07-11T10:40:38.406-04:00Hi Caro,
Your comment is well-placed and the heart...Hi Caro,<br />Your comment is well-placed and the heart of the Bruce has indeed logged some serious mileage. While you're quite correct about its extended residence at Melrose Abbey, there's just enough ambiguity to provide for delicious speculation...<br />Watch this spaceMichael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48964468093296872652017-07-11T04:25:27.352-04:002017-07-11T04:25:27.352-04:00Caro, you won't get any spoilers from me. But ...Caro, you won't get any spoilers from me. But Mike, I know, has the clues. Let's wait and see what he says as soon as I can lure him back. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41225489722331766832017-07-11T04:01:11.443-04:002017-07-11T04:01:11.443-04:00Well the heart of Good King Bob has been moved a f...Well the heart of Good King Bob has been moved a few times. I think it's now in ....does it begin with an M and have an abbey. Unless Michael has discovered something different. Which is perfectly possible.....Caro Ramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499318515241879831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-50544602223255119112017-07-10T22:46:29.533-04:002017-07-10T22:46:29.533-04:00Thanks, Annamaria
I'll be happy to cobble this...Thanks, Annamaria<br />I'll be happy to cobble this delightfully ambiguous history together within the next month.Michael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65809156571577467772017-07-10T22:10:58.303-04:002017-07-10T22:10:58.303-04:00Oh, Michael, YES, please: The Heart of Robert the ...Oh, Michael, YES, please: The Heart of Robert the Bruce. We have a Scot, at least one Scot descendant, and the creator of fictional Scots (moi), all of whom will take a keen interest in that one. Just say when. Thanks so much for coming by today. BTW, I love what you have to say above about the difference between "true history" and historical fiction. We are certainly in the same camp on that score. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14398831595175667912017-07-10T17:40:39.531-04:002017-07-10T17:40:39.531-04:00Hi Annamaria - there are, indeed a host of aquaduc...Hi Annamaria - there are, indeed a host of aquaducts that bring water to the Temple Mount along with cisterns that receive and hold the water. These are all established by archeological digs over the past century. Additionally there are apocryphal accounts of water sources issuing from under the foundation stone within the Temple Mount. While I'm happy to expound on this, there is little in the way of a reliable first-hand witness of this "living water" flowing from within. <br />I was kind of hoping that my next blog could be my recent first-hand explorations of the question; "where in the world is the heart of Robert the Bruce?" Your call...Michael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-21541597951136810172017-07-10T14:48:34.842-04:002017-07-10T14:48:34.842-04:00Mike, I know of a "pool" where I want yo...Mike, I know of a "pool" where I want you to take us for swim. Those passages under the Temple Mount/Mount Moriah. Is/was there actual water under Jerusalem? Say you'll come back with another blog and tell us about those hidden places that feature in both your novels and in your story in "Jewish Noir."Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-42957885603725605542017-07-10T14:37:55.558-04:002017-07-10T14:37:55.558-04:00And thank you for your comment, Everett. Glad to h...And thank you for your comment, Everett. Glad to have seen and touched a site off the grid but central to my historical fiction before it disappears completely.Michael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69397815555404466452017-07-10T14:35:23.459-04:002017-07-10T14:35:23.459-04:00Indeed, Michael - fascinating and gratifying that...Indeed, Michael - fascinating and gratifying that I was finally able to find a piece central to the historical fiction I've been writing for 15 years. Glad I got to see it before it crumbled away completely...Michael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25588033161260625142017-07-10T14:32:57.294-04:002017-07-10T14:32:57.294-04:00Hey Jeffrey - Actually, Indiana Jones would have l...Hey Jeffrey - Actually, Indiana Jones would have lowered himself into the cave of the bats beneath the pyramid using his whip, and communed with the spirits of the Knights Templar who build it!Michael Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920544462417780237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-43361044508645158832017-07-10T12:27:58.825-04:002017-07-10T12:27:58.825-04:00So much history available to us, and even more tha...So much history available to us, and even more that's crumbled into oblivion. Wonderful stuff, Mike, and thanks for visiting.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41851521309790856732017-07-10T05:18:08.970-04:002017-07-10T05:18:08.970-04:00Fascinating what you can find if you look!Fascinating what you can find if you look!Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-69867264601986425022017-07-10T03:21:33.843-04:002017-07-10T03:21:33.843-04:00Indiana Jones would be jealous, Mike!Indiana Jones would be jealous, Mike!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com