Monthly Archives: July 2019

The dreaded genre label

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was one of those air-punching moments that brought with it a sense of justification for the countless shelves and the innumerable hours ‘wasted’ with my nose in a book. Reading fiction is good for you. Officially and scientifically. According … Continue reading →

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Castle ~ Willow Willers #writephoto

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

For visually challenged writers, the image shows a silhouetted castle in the half-light, set in a lake surrounded by hills. The Castle. The road had been long and fraught with danger. Yet as she stood on the shore looking out … Continue reading →

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Sleep #midnighthaiku

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Utterly relaxed The innocent sleep soundly Trusting the moment *

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Castle ~ Twisted Thoughts #writephoto

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* At the sun sets Ghosts await the footsteps of the unwary At Twilights Fall * Reblogged from Twisted Thoughts at Ripples on the Pond of the Internet

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Finding Home in the Body ~ Alethea Kehas

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Not Tomatoes: I am finding my way home through the body. Again, perhaps, but the path always changes as we circle into untouched avenues of the labyrinth of self. There has been the lingering question of home as … Continue reading →

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Three Days of the Oyster-Catcher (Part 7 Final) Face to Face with Macbeth ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was time to come face to face with the man who may well have inspired Shakespeare’s Macbeth… We were standing in the car park near Drumin Castle. Dean was using the visitor map of the Glenlivet Estate to describe … Continue reading →

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Castle of my dreams

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Positive Side Of The Coin:
Did you expect me to be an angel or what? I am nothing more than a fellow human being, like all I have dreamt to live in that castle like princess. With…

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The small dog and the song of ‘hey…er, what the?’

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

By the door an itchy small dog Waits for access to the garden Needs the cool of morning dewdrops To appease the summer stifle Bounds outside into the silence Long before the birds have woken Spots a space invader soaring … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Castle #writephoto

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. This week’s photo is of an iconic site…one of the most photographed in its country…but don’t let that stop you being inventive! And, if you know where it was taken, please keep it to … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Span #writephoto

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Standing sentinel Guardians watch travellers pass Time has no meaning All things must grow and crumble Sharing the journey of life * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in Glenlivet in the Highlands of Scotland, as we … Continue reading →

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