Daily Archives: April 30, 2020

“Great Women, Great Writing, Great Stories.” Judith Barrow with Alison Layland

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Judith Barrow: My greatest support has come from the group of authors published by Honno. We have a Facebook group where we can chat and ask for help, information and generally boost moral when it’s needed. And we’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in reblog | Tagged #tuesdaybookblog, Alison Layland, authors, contemporary fiction, Extinction Rebellion, Honno, Interview with authors, Riverflow, Someone Else’s Conflict by Judith Barrow., Wales | Leave a comment

The crest ~ Nascent Ederren #writephoto

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

First in this week… It’s always so much like a waterfall. The slow and steady streams of life cascading down the rock. Do they plunge into an abyss from which there is no return or world in which flow as … Continue reading →

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Woodsmoke and oranges – a visit to Haddon Hall

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning after the Riddles of the Night* workshop that I have shared again recently. We wandered out into the landscape. Although the workshop was over, apparently, the work begun on the weekend was only just beginning… Parts … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Books, Don and Wen, historic sites, History, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Derbyshire, Haddon Hall, medieval architecture, Tudor mansion, Vernons and Manners | 11 Comments

The Old One and the Gatekeeper ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The Old One crested the rise in the road and turned to look back at the land he had loved. If all went to plan, it would be the last time he saw his home. The breeze that should have … Continue reading →

Posted in The Silent Eye | Tagged Ancestors, Ancient China, Book of the Way, civilisation, consciousness, i ching, Lao Tzu, oracles, spirituality, symbolism | Leave a comment

Dereliction…

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* …That night Jed’s ‘derelict’ appears in the bed-room enveloped in an aura of light. He slowly crouches and whispers in my ear: ” ‘E cummin outta dem bushes shinin’, ‘e shinin’ like sum black buff sun. * ‘E donna … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Art, Stuart France, The Living One | Tagged ancient sites, Australia, Books, gospel of Thomas, landscape, magic, mystery, Mythology, Photography, psychology, road trip, story, writing | Leave a comment

Thursday photo prompt: Cascade #writephoto

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Welcome to this week’s writephoto prompt. You can find all last week’s entries in the weekly round-up, which was published earlier today. Throughout the week, I will feature as many of the responses here on the Daily Echo as time and … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Humour, imagination, mystery, short story, symbolism, writing prompt | 113 Comments

Photo prompt round-up: Eve #writephoto

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Changing of the guard From life through death to rebirth The seasons turning * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at the Imbolc celebrations in Marsden, West Yorkshire, a few years ago. The night is lit with flames, … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography, Poetry | Tagged fantasy, fiction, flash fiction, Humour, imagination, mystery, short story, symbolism, writing prompt | 29 Comments

On the eve of Beltane…

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It is Beltane Eve and, every year, the same few things come back to me… There is the battle between the Winter King and the Summer King that I loved as a child, from William Croft Dickinson’s Borrobil, the number … Continue reading →

Posted in family, Humour, Memories, Motherhood | Tagged birth, birthday, pregnancy, premature | 27 Comments

Eve ~ Honoré Dupuis #writephoto

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Sue Vincent

“You people don’t know what you’re doing… You think it’s fun, brandishing torches, setting fire to the pyre, while He is looking at you from behind the mask. Idiots! Go on, carry on playing, lose yourself in these wild dances … Continue reading →