Monthly Archives: February 2013

Notes from a small dog VIII

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I made her laugh out loud today. I try my best. I am a bit of a clown sometimes. But she had a headache and didn’t look too good again, so I pulled all the stops out for her. Apart … Continue reading →

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A picture of despair

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Sue Vincent

The table that was flower decked and centre of attention Now piled with paper has become a studio extension. It’s covered with a rainbow layer of pretty pastel dust… The passage of a nice damp cloth will soon become a … Continue reading →

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Being random

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I sit on the floor with my back against the door frame chatting away to my son and itching for a pen. I don’t have one to hand. The voice recorder, obviously, is in the other handbag… it always is. … Continue reading →

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Nick’s Post

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Sue Vincent

Checking the blog over coffee I ended up with tears streaming. And I want to thank you all for that. My son’s post, Possum Ergo Facit reached 100 ‘likes’  and a phenomenal number of comments and views this morning. It has … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog VI

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Sue Vincent

I am sorry. I have to report that she has failed abysmally in her duties as my deity this weekend. No walks, not a one. Not even in the snow. OK, she did let me play out in the stuff … Continue reading →

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Stuffing Nemo

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Sue Vincent

It wasn’t forecast snow today, so I regarded the heavy white flakes falling doggedly to earth as simply adding insult to injury as I faced the morning without my customary coffee. Not so much ‘out of coffee’ as ‘not allowed’. … Continue reading →

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The other side of the street

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

A reciprocal guest post from writer and friend Alienora Taylor. As always, she pulls no punches.   As a society, we become ever more desensitised, cynical and, at heart, disempowered. This concerns me hugely. Let me give you a very … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

There are books one refers back to again and again through life, stories that get under the skin in some way or another, touch a nerve, move the heart or feed the soul. It is perhaps no coincidence that many … Continue reading →

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