Blog — Joy V Spicer

History - Captain Robert Campbell, the POW Who Kept His Word

History - Captain Robert Campbell, the POW Who Kept His Word

HistoryJoy30 April 2024Captain Robert Campbell, First World War, World War 1, prisoner of war, Magdeburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II, duty, honour, People-EventsII, Joy V Spicer Comments

Book Review - 'Dragons of Spring Dawning' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Book Review - 'Dragons of Spring Dawning' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Books/FilmJoy9 April 2024Dragons of Spring Dawning, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Dungeons & Dragons, Laurana, Tanis, Takhisis, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment

Book Review - 'Dragons of Winter Night' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Book Review - 'Dragons of Winter Night' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Books/FilmJoy2 April 2024Dragons of Winter Night, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dungeons & Dragons, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Laurana, Sturm Brightblade, dragonlance, dragon orbs, Book Review IV, fantasy, Joy VComment

Book Review - 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Book Review - 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Books/FilmJoy26 March 2024Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragonlance Chronicles, Dungeons & Dragons, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Fantasy, dragons, blue crystal staff, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment

Upcoming Book Reviews - 'Dragonlance Chronicles' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Upcoming Book Reviews - 'Dragonlance Chronicles' by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Books/FilmJoy19 March 2024Dragonlance Chronicles, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Book Review IV, Joy V Spicer Comments

Book Review - 'The King of Elfland's Daughter' by Lord Dunsany

Book Review - 'The King of Elfland's Daughter' by Lord Dunsany

Books/FilmJoy5 March 2024The King of Elfland's Daughter, Lord Dunsany, Alveric, Lirazel, Orion, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment

HERD - A Dedicated Elephant Orphanage

HERD - A Dedicated Elephant Orphanage

Joy27 February 2024HERD, Hoedspruit Elephant Rehabilitation and Development, Adine Roode, elephants, Khanyisa, Phabeni, Joy V Spicer, Inspiration Comments

Year of the Dragon + 'The Four Dragons' Folktale

Year of the Dragon + 'The Four Dragons' Folktale

Fun, StoryJoy13 February 2024Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon, Chinese dragons, The Four Dragons, folktale, Celebrate!, Beyond Europe, Joy V SpicerComment

Book Review - 'The Dragon Waiting' by John M. Ford

Book Review - 'The Dragon Waiting' by John M. Ford

Books/FilmJoy30 January 2024The Dragon Waiting, John M Ford, fantasy, Byzantium, alternate history, Wars of the Roses, Book Review IV, Joy V SpicerComment

Film Review - 'Godzilla Minus One'

Film Review - 'Godzilla Minus One'

Books/FilmJoy23 January 2024Godzilla Minus One, Toho Studios, Takashi Yamazaki, Shikishima, Noriko, Japan, Japanese, Second world War, World War 2, Film/TV Review II, Joy V Spicer Comments

Blog Plans for 2024

Blog Plans for 2024

Joy16 January 2024Blogging, Blog posts, 2024, Joy V Spicer Comments

Christmas Wishes

Christmas Wishes

Joy24 December 2023Merry Christmas, Nativity, Silent Night, Times Square billboards, Celebrate!Comment

History: 20 December 1943 - Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler

History: 20 December 1943 - Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler

HistoryJoy19 December 2023Charlie Brown, Franz Stigler, B-17 Flying Fortress, Second world War, World War 2, Sabaton, No Bullets Fly, People-EventsII, Joy V SpicerComment

Highlighting Older Posts: Part II - Artists

Highlighting Older Posts: Part II - Artists

ArtJoy12 December 2023Artists, Viktor Vasnetsov, Lucy Elizabeth Kemp-Welch, Briton Riviere, Joy V Spicer, ArtComment

Highlighting Older Posts: Part I - Museums

Highlighting Older Posts: Part I - Museums

TravelJoy5 December 2023Oxford, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Museum of the History of Science, Ashmolean Museum, Pitt Rivers Museum, British Museum, Museum, Travel, Joy V SpicerComment