Monthly Archives: August 2017

Bewilder – #writephoto from Journey

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The silence is missing. But the peace has been found. I am surrounded, yet I am alone. I cannot think, yet my head is clear. I cannot see the road, yet the path is visible to me. “Do you understand … Continue reading →

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Visitor

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Visiting tourist Testing the facilities Pool acceptable This young blackbird is a regular visitor to my son’s garden. Ignoring the vast expanse of pond, stream and waterfall, he dives daily into an unused cat-litter tray that the rain fills with … Continue reading →

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Our incredible world!

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
What to see in the night sky in August You all understand that this blog, while predominantly about our special doggie friends, never hesitates to wander away from matters canine if I think it…

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I am the Watcher and the Watched – Reena Saxena #writephoto

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Being watched is an uncomfortable feeling. I do not like voyeurs or dictators peeping into my life and privacy. George Orwell painted a scary picture of “Big Brother” watching us, as a means to induce fear, and a slave mind-set … Continue reading →

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A visit to Somerton

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

About twenty miles away from my home is the Oxfordshire village of Somerton. I had been there once before, a couple of years earlier, when a sign saying ‘historic church’ had sidetracked me on the way home from the north. … Continue reading →

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A Comparative Method… Stuart France

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

…The Tetrahedron is the magical symbol for elemental fire. Fire has always carried with it a mystery. From earliest times it was thought the proper preserve of the Divine. For man to have gained this dangerous boon took especial cunning, … Continue reading →

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Spiral #midnighthaiku

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Spiralling within A chalice of great beauty Touched by sunlit tears

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Stone walls still stand… – writing in north norfolk #writephoto

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

along the lane, overhung with lemon leaves, lazily swung like rope across the landscape. At their rugged, naked feet, mud is sun–baked and crumbling, draped with dried-up weeds and grass, where humans rarely pass, only rain, wind and mice that … Continue reading →

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Gypsy

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The winds of change blow Refusal or denial Sees no horizon Field scabious…it is not a great name and harks back to the time when the plant was used to treat scabies and the bubonic plague… a tragic history for … Continue reading →

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Introducing David Greenaway – Town Crier of Glastonbury

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We spent May Day weekend in Glastonbury this year with Alienora and our friends… and one of the people unmistakably at the centre of the festivities was David Greenaway, the Town Crier. The traditional Town Crier is an iconic figure. … Continue reading →

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