Monthly Archives: June 2018

Patterned in Dorset (4 – final) – Steve Tanham

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Steve’s interpretation of one of the sites visited on the recent Silent Eye workshop in Dorset: He did not know how many were up there… Centurion Calogerus stared at the edge of the plateau above him. The vast hill-fort rose … Continue reading →

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Patterned in Dorset (3) – Steve Tanham

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It is said that a chapel dedicated to St Catherine once stood on this hill, looking down at the little town of Cerne Abbas, below. The original St Catherine was a pre-Christian figure about whom very little is known. She … Continue reading →

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Shadows of flight

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

First in for this week’s belated prompt!

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Winter with the Silent Eye…

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Full Circle? – Finding the way home… Penrith, Cumbria Friday 7th – Sunday 9th December, 2018 Home. It is an evocative word. The images it conjures are different for each of us, yet few other words touch heart and mind … Continue reading →

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New photo prompt ‘Wings’ and last week’s ‘Beginnings’ round-up – #writephoto

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Vague imaginings Fuelled by childhood memories Dawn paints the picture Shapeshifting reality Colouring forgotten dreams * The photo for the last prompt was taken at dawn on my journey home one day. The colours of the sky looked almost … Continue reading →

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Unplugged #midnighthaiku

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The Daily Echo has been very quiet for the past week as we visited the south-west of England, first for a Silent Eye event, then a wander with our American friends, followed by a few days holiday. I had been … Continue reading →

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Patterned in Dorset (2)

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Sun in Gemini:
The lovely little town of Cerne Abbas holds a secret that is easily missed. The idyllic streets, some with intact architecture from hundreds of years ago, are a delight. Although well-visited, it feels relaxed.…

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Elusive realities: Maggie Camiss – Another life: how regression fed my inner writer

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We fiction writers already know how life experiences can inform our creativity. How getting lost in an unfamiliar town or eavesdropping on a quarrel can spark an idea; how the unexplored stretch of coastline or narrow, unmapped street can form … Continue reading →

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Patterned in Dorset

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Stuart France

Originally posted on Sun in Gemini:
I’ll leave the detail to they who planned this : Stuart and Sue. But, some real-time photos and narration will give a flavour of the Silent Eye’s 2018 pre-solstice weekend, here in beautiful Dorset.…

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Guest author: Will Macmllan-Jones – Let me tell you a story

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Sue Vincent

“Let me tell you a story.”  How many of you, as I do, recall Max Bygraves on TV starting one of his routines with that phrase? Then (also on what used to be called the small screen, a description that … Continue reading →

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