Daily Archives: November 27, 2020

Whatever else 2020 has been, it has not been short on Friendship and Community – by Sally Cronin

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Sally Cronin at Smorgasbord: The original concept of Thanksgiving was one of giving thanks for a new life, new home and new friends and that tradition is celebrated around the world in one form or another by different … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: A Last Adventure II

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We knew the story. Both James and Paul himself have told how it was found, when Paul and his brother, exploring the moors as children, had come upon the strange passageway…and how the smaller of the brothers had been ‘encouraged’ … Continue reading →

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An Imperious Impulse: Shadow Lands…

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* … “You must guard against your propensity to act foolishly, Coyote,” said Death Spirit. “Yes,yes,” said Coyote, “I will do just as you say, as always.” “Very well,” said Death Spirit, “you will travel for five days and cross … Continue reading →

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The Alchemist: Last Judgement… Stuart France

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* Perhaps, taking his cue from what little was left of the Mediaeval originals, Viollet-le-Duc incorporated and emphasised horns, and claws, and talons, and tusks, and fangs, and beaks, and raised heckles, in his grotesques. Even the feathers of the … Continue reading →

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On the Doorstep: Hidden Histories

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

There was a point at which we realised that we had got it wrong. That the chapter entitled ‘The Triumph of Horsenden’ should really have been’The Triumph of Bledlow’… but not only did it not have quite the same ring … Continue reading →

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Horizon #midnighthaiku

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Sue Vincent

(Haiku written as prompt for Colleen’s poetry challenge) clouds cover the moon, beyond dawn’s pale horizon sun rises unseen Source of hope obscured Hidden by storm clouds rising Still casting its light

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