Monthly Archives: July 2019

Three days of the Oyster-catcher (Part 5) – Stone in the Sky ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

A Pictish stone so large, it needs its own ‘hangar’. You can’t miss Sueno’s stone. It sits on its own plateau, just off the old main road between Findhorn and Forres; now bypassed. You see its ‘hangar’ first, then realise … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Span #writephoto

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. If you know where the prompt photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the prompt has closed so that imaginations can play without preconceptions 🙂 Use the image below as inspiration to … Continue reading →

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Photo prompt round-up: Open #writephoto

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* From start to finish Can there be another way Journeys will unfold Fear of the threshold halts us Possibilities beckon * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Scalan seminary during the recent Silent Eye weekend in … Continue reading →

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Breaking barriers…

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Ten years ago today, July 4th 2009, I learned to fear answering the telephone. Four words changed the lives of everyone in our little family and that of many of our friends. My son, over a hundred miles away in … Continue reading →

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‘Aye’ of the Unicorn: Whirligig… Stuart France

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* As the weekened progressed we were to work our way around ‘the limbs’ of an elemental pentagram. * Two sites from the region were given over to each element. * In the first we would consider the element in … Continue reading →

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Peace #midnighthaiku

Posted on July 4, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* Rest or in motion Life flowing at its own pace Peace in its rightness *

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Open ~ Lady Lee Manila #writephoto

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

As one door closes, another one opens Glancing by it, nothing is impossible Hang on there, boy, don’t be frantic this moment Jump and catch the score when it’s possible You get the points and it’s all in the balance … Continue reading →

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Eunice ~ M. Brazfield #writephoto

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Eunice sits by the twin doors on her porch waiting for the mail to arrive and have a conversation with Yan the carrier who always asks about her past and what she’s doing it’s time for the Moon Festival and … Continue reading →

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The Pain of Becoming a Knight ~ Alli Templeton

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Medieval Wanderings: The medieval knight is one of the most enduring and iconic figures of history. These men of steel, clad in gleaming armour, lance in hand and mounted on their magnificent steeds are one of the defining … Continue reading →

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Open Sesame ~ Teresa Smeigh #writephoto

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Marjorie was visiting her grandparents home for the first time. They had promised her she would love their house as it wasn’t like hers. She started to explore the house, and at every closed door, she would shout, “Open Sesame!” … Continue reading →

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