Monthly Archives: July 2014

Spiced memories

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Sue Vincent

It is perhaps only when you begin to teach something that you have been doing on autopilot for most of your life that you start to realise just how much you have learned over the years. Like most women who … Continue reading →

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Emotional Control and Emoticons!

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Alienora Taylor, speaking of the mask of the happy face that we don so often to cover real emtion and trauma. Marilyn’s post, Sour Cherries, can be found here: http://teepee12.com/2014/07/25/sour-cherries-and-happy-face/

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If you can’t stand the heat…

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

My eldest son is being nice to me. I’m getting compliments. He’s even phoning me to give me compliments! This, in itself, is deeply suspicious. We don’t do things that way… It is a long-established tradition that we, my sons … Continue reading →

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‘Tapestry of Life’, a guest post by Karen Ralls

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

About a year ago I wrote an article on mosaics of stained glass and saw in them a reflection of our own lives and journeys. I have a feeling that the best analogies occur to many of us at some … Continue reading →

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Review: Medieval Mysteries by Karen Ralls, Ph.D

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Medieval Mysteries By Karen Ralls (Ibis Press 2014) This is, first and foremost, a beautifully produced book, lavishly and appropriately illustrated in colour. The child in each of us looks at the pictures first, of course, flicking through to get … Continue reading →

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Risk-taking

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Sue Vincent

A brilliant post from Alienora Taylor on the fine art of being messy, taking risks and being alive.

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The kamikaze moth

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Sue Vincent

Ani, thankfully, had already gone to stay with her friends that evening or else the whole encounter would have taken a tragic turn. She objects to aerial invaders of any description… and don’t get her started on the whole builders-on … Continue reading →

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Sowing the Seeds for a Harvest of Being

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Sue Vincent

A possible Harvest workshop – depending on the response . . . It was probably our experience of the Summer Solstice, up high on Ikley Moor, that did it. We began to talk about how we could share such occasions … Continue reading →

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Hot pork…

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sue Vincent

So, apparently we’re off to Bakewell this weekend again… and not for the tarts according to Stuart (yeah, right) Bakewell is all well and good apart from the baking… very bad for the waistline, I have to say. However, there … Continue reading →